fyren
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
fyren m
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
fyren m
Old English
Etymology 1
From West Germanic *fuïrīn [ˈfu.i.riːn]. Cognate with Old High German fiurīn. Equivalent to fȳr + -en.
Pronunciation
Adjective
fȳren
- fiery
- Blickling Homilies, "The Third Sunday in Lent"
- Se mæsseprēost se þe biþ tō læt þæt hē þæt dēofol of menn ādrīfe, hē biþ ġeteald tō þǣre fȳrenan ēa and tō þǣm īrenan hōce.
- Priests who are too slow at performing exorcisms will be condemned to the lake of fire and the iron hook.
- c. 900, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
- Man ġeseah swelċe ān fȳren hring norðan cōme.
- It looked like a ring of fire was coming from the north.
- Finnesburg Fragment
- Sweordlēoma stōd, swelċe eall Finnes burg fȳrenu wǣre.
- Swords flashed, as if Finn's entire castle was on fire.
- Blickling Homilies, "The Dedication of St. Michael's Church"
- Þā līġetu flugon swelċe fȳrene strǣlas.
- The lightning fell like flaming arrows.
- Blickling Homilies, "The Third Sunday in Lent"
Declension
Declension of fȳren — Strong
Declension of fȳren — Weak
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *firinō
Pronunciation
Noun
fyren f
- Alternative form of firen
Declension
Declension of fyren (strong ō-stem)
Swedish
Noun
fyren
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