A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary / For the Use of Students

by J. R. Clark Hall

ierf- v. also yrf-.

[ ierfe] (æ, e, i, y) n. heritage, bequest, property, CP: cattle. [Ger. erbe]

[ ierfian] (i) to inherit, possess: (+) to stock with cattle.

[ iergan] to dishearten. [[earg]]

[ iergðu] f. remissness, sloth, cowardice, AO. [[earg]]

[ ierlic] (i) angry, vehement, ApT.

[ ±ierman] to harass, vex, afflict, CP. [[earm]]

[ ierming] (eo, e, y) m. person of no account, poor wretch, AO, CP.

[ iermð], iermðu (e, ea, eo, y) f. misery, distress, poverty, B, Bo, Ps: disease: crime: reproach, calumny, CPs 118¹³⁴. [‘ermth’; earm]

[ iernan³] (æ, i, y; rinnan) pret. 3 sg. arn, orn, pl. urnon; pp. urnen (±) to run, move rapidly, hasten, flow, spread, Æ, AO, CP, Lcd, VPs: pursue, Bo, Ps: cause to move rapidly, turn, grind, AO, BH: (+) get to, attain, meet with: (+) occur (to one’s mind), GD: (+) coagulate, Lcd: (+) grow up. [‘ern’]