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Old English · adverb

innan

Part of speech
adverb
IPA
/ˈin.nɑn/
Syllables
ˈin · nɑn (2 syllables)

innan1 · adverb

Senses

  1. within

    wǣron mīne fēt, · forste ġebunden, caldum clommum, · þǣr þā ċeare sēofedun. Hāt ymb heortan · hungor innan slāt merewērġes mōd. · Þæt sē mon ne wāt

    then it beats near cliffs. My feet were squeezed by cold, bound by frost, with cold fetters, when there we bemoaned sorrows. Hot about heart, hunger within tore a sea-weary mind. The man didn't know that,

    þonne hē be clifum cnossað. · Calde ġeþrungen

innan2 · preposition

Senses

  1. within

Etymology

A variant of inne

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