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fýren

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composed of fire
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  • Án fýren hring

    globus ignis

      Ors. 5, 10; S. 234, 3.

  • Blódig regn and fýren,

      Bl. H. 93, 3. '
    Send mé þínne engel on fýrenum wolcne' . . . Fýren wolc[n] ástáh of heofonum, 245, 30.

  • On anlícnesse fýrenra légea,

      135, 3.
on fire, flaming, burning. (
Take here fýren cylle, þecelle in Dict.)
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  • Gelamp hit ꝥ ꝥ hús eall wæs innan fýren and ongan semninga byrnan

    contigit culmen domus subitaneis flammis impleri,

      Bd. 3, 10; Sch. 234, 8.

  • Geteald tó þǽre fýrenan eá and tó þǽm ísenan hóce . . . getogen mid þon ísnan hóce on þǽre picenan eá . . . hí hine besencton on þá fýrenan eá,

      Bl. H. 43, 24-30.

  • On þǽre fýrenan helle,

      45, 5.

  • Fýrenum ádum

    flammiuomis (i. ardentibus) torribus,

      An. Ox. 4024.
of a dart;
bearing fire
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  • Flugon þá légetu swylca fýrene strǽlas . . . mid þǽm fýrenum strǽlum ácweald,

      Bl. H. 203, 9, 28.

  • Hé gedéð his flán fýrena,

      Ps. Th. 7, 13.
burning, red-hot
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  • Hié hine hæfdon geþreátodne mid fýrenum racentum,

      Bl. H. 43, 31.
figurative
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  • Is þín ágen sprǽc innan fýren

    ignitum eloquium tuum,

      Ps. Th. 118, 140: Ps. Srt. 118, 140.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. fiurín igneus, ignifer, ignitus.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “fýren.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/46737.

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