asren

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From ess- +‎ renaid.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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as·ren (prototonic ·eren, verbal noun éra or éraicc)

  1. to pay
  2. to give
  3. to expend
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 18a14
      As·ririu-sa mo chumang dar far cenn.
      I will expend my power on your pl behalf.
  4. to repay, pay off
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 25b6
      As·riri Día dígail dar⟨a n-⟩ési.
      God will repay punishment for them.

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: érnid (to pay), érnigid (to grant)
    • Irish: éirnigh (to grant, explain)

Further reading

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