eldertongue

Old English · adjective

innera

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈin.ne.rɑ/
Syllables
ˈin · ne · rɑ (3 syllables)
Modern English
interiorinner

Meaning

  1. inner, interior

    Hē fērde forþ ofer þæt wæter in þā inneran land þǣra hǣþenra. He journeyed forth over the water into the heathens' interior lands. Se earma innera mann, þæt is sēo wēriġe sāwol. The poor inner man, that is the weary soul. Þēah hē mē þāra ūterrena ġewinna ġefrēode, þēah winnaþ wiþ mē þā inneran unrihtlustas. Though he

    1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online

Declension

Strong declension of innera
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative innerainnereinnere
Accusative inneraninneraninnere
Genitive inneraninneraninneran
Dative inneraninneraninneran
Instrumental inneraninneraninneran
Plural
Nominative inneraninneraninneran
Accusative inneraninneraninneran
Genitive innerrainnerenainnerrainnerenainnerrainnerena
Dative inneruminneruminnerum
Instrumental inneruminneruminnerum

All forms (6)

Etymology

Comparative of the preposition in. Cognate with Old Norse innri, Old Dutch innero, Old High German innaro, Old Frisian inra.

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