Noun: isern
Gender:
Nominative
| Singular | īsern |
| Plural | īsern |
Genitive
| Singular | īsernes |
| Plural | īserna |
Dative
| Singular | īserne |
| Plural | īsernum |
Accusative
| Singular | īsern |
| Plural | īsern |
Sample Sentences
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Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
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Sē wōda ðā āwende āweġ his ċeaflas fram ðǣre hālgan handa, swilċe fram hātum īsene, and sē āwyrġeda gāst ġewāt of ðām men ūt ðurh his ġesċēapu, mid sċēandlīcum flēame. (The madman then turned his cheeks away from the holy man's hands as if from hot iron, and the accursed spirit departed the man through his genitals with shameful flight.)
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Iċ eom ānhaga īserne wund, bille ġebennod, beadoweorca sæd, eċġum wēriġ. (I am a lone one wounded with iron, wounded by sword, sated of battle-works, weary by edges.) [10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 5:]
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *h₁ēsh₂r̥no-der.?
3. Proto-Celtic *īsarnombor.
4. Proto-Germanic *īsarną
5. Proto-West Germanic *īsarn
6. Old English isern
7. From Proto-West Germanic *īsarn, from Proto-Germanic *īsarną.
8. Cognates
9. Cognates include Old Frisian īsern (West Frisian izer), Old Saxon īsarn (Low German Iesen), Old Dutch *īsarn (Dutch ijzer), Old High German īsarn (German Eisen), Old Norse járn (Swedish järn), Gothic 𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐍂𐌽 (eisarn), Old Irish īärn (Irish iarann, Welsh haearn). See: Dutch Nouns '
ijzer', German Nouns '
Eisen', Swedish Nouns '
järn', Gothic Nouns '
𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐍂𐌽', Irish Nouns '
iarann'.
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