innera
Old English
Alternative forms
- innra, inra
Etymology
Comparative of the preposition in. Cognate with Old Norse innri, Old Dutch innero, Old High German innaro, Old Frisian inra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈin.ne.rɑ/
Adjective
innera (no positive form, superlative innemest)
- (literally or figurative) inner, interior
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online
- 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 has freed me from outward struggles, yet the inner unjust lusts strive with me.
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online
Declension
Declension of innera — Weak only
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | innera | innere | innere |
| Accusative | inneran | inneran | innere |
| Genitive | inneran | inneran | inneran |
| Dative | inneran | inneran | inneran |
| Instrumental | inneran | inneran | inneran |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | inneran | inneran | inneran |
| Accusative | inneran | inneran | inneran |
| Genitive | innerra, innerena | innerra, innerena | innerra, innerena |
| Dative | innerum | innerum | innerum |
| Instrumental | innerum | innerum | innerum |
Antonyms
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “INNERA”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “INNERA supplementary input”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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