Old English · adjective
fyren
Normalised fȳren
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /ˈfy.ren/
- Syllables
- ˈfy · ren (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- fiery
fyren1 · adjective
Senses
-
fiery
Sē mæsseprēost sē þe biþ tō læt þæt hē þæt dēofol of menn ādrīfe, hē biþ ġeteald tō þǣre fȳrenan ēa and tō þām īrenan hōce.
Priests who are too slow at performing exorcisms will be condemned to the lake of fire and the iron hook.
Blickling Homilies, "The Third Sunday in Lent"
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | fȳren | fȳrenufȳrnufȳrenofȳrno | fȳren |
| Accusative | fȳrenne | fȳrenefȳrne | fȳren |
| Genitive | fȳrenesfȳrnes | fȳrenre | fȳrenesfȳrnes |
| Dative | fȳrenumfȳrnum | fȳrenre | fȳrenumfȳrnum |
| Instrumental | fȳrenefȳrne | fȳrenre | fȳrenefȳrne |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | fȳrenefȳrne | fȳrenafȳrnafȳrenefȳrne | fȳrenufȳrnufȳrenofȳrno |
| Accusative | fȳrenefȳrne | fȳrenafȳrnafȳrenefȳrne | fȳrenufȳrnufȳrenofȳrno |
| Genitive | fȳrenra | fȳrenra | fȳrenra |
| Dative | fȳrenumfȳrnum | fȳrenumfȳrnum | fȳrenumfȳrnum |
| Instrumental | fȳrenumfȳrnum | fȳrenumfȳrnum | fȳrenumfȳrnum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | fȳrenafȳrna | fȳrenefȳrne | fȳrenefȳrne |
| Accusative | fȳrenanfȳrnan | fȳrenanfȳrnan | fȳrenefȳrne |
| Genitive | fȳrenanfȳrnan | fȳrenanfȳrnan | fȳrenanfȳrnan |
| Dative | fȳrenanfȳrnan | fȳrenanfȳrnan | fȳrenanfȳrnan |
| Instrumental | fȳrenanfȳrnan | fȳrenanfȳrnan | fȳrenanfȳrnan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | fȳrenanfȳrnan | fȳrenanfȳrnan | fȳrenanfȳrnan |
| Accusative | fȳrenanfȳrnan | fȳrenanfȳrnan | fȳrenanfȳrnan |
| Genitive | fȳrenrafȳrenenafȳrnena | fȳrenrafȳrenenafȳrnena | fȳrenrafȳrenenafȳrnena |
| Dative | fȳrenumfȳrnum | fȳrenumfȳrnum | fȳrenumfȳrnum |
| Instrumental | fȳrenumfȳrnum | fȳrenumfȳrnum | fȳrenumfȳrnum |
fyren2 · noun · feminine · alternative form
Senses
-
alternative form of firen
Declension · strong ō-stem
All forms (24)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *fuirīn. Equivalent to fȳr + -en.
From Proto-Germanic *firinō.
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