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▪ I. † irre, erre, n. Obs.
Forms: 1 ierre, irre, yrre, iorre, eorre, erre, 1–3 irre, eorre, 3 urre, (eire), 3–5 erre.
[OE., WSax. ierre, irre, yrre, Angl. iorre, eorre, erre, neuter jo-stem, corresp. exc. in formative suffix to OHG. *irrî, MHG. and Ger. irre, MG. erre error, Goth. airzei weak fem., from OTeut. root *erz-: see next.]
Anger, wrath.
c825Vesp. Psalter ci. 11 [cii. 10] From onsiene eorres & ebylðu ðinre. c897K. ælfred Gregory's Past. xl. 289 Ðonne ðæt ierre [h]æfð anwald ðæs monnes..he self nat huæt he on ðæt irre deð. 971Blickl. Hom. 25 Nis þær eᵹe, ne ᵹeflit, ne yrre. Ibid. 47 Gif hi hi sylfe willon wiþ Godes erre ᵹehealdan. a1000Elene 401 (Gr.) Ne we ᵹeare cunnun, Þurh hwæt þu þus hearde, hlæfdiᵹe, us eorre wurde. c1000Ags. Gosp. Luke iii. 7 Ð æt ᵹe fleon fram þam towerdan yrre [c 1160 Hatton G., fram þam towearde eorre]. c1050Byrhtferth's Handboc in Anglia (1885) VIII. 337 Se þridda ys ira þæt byð yrre. c1175Lamb. Hom. 83 Adam wes..forwunded..mid spere of prude, of ȝitcunge, of ȝifernesse, of eorre. c1200Ormin 9266 To fleon and to forrbuȝhenn Þatt irre þatt to cumenn iss. a1250Prov. ælfred 205 in O.E. Misc. 114 Monymon for his gold haueþ godes vrre [v.r. eire]. c1450Myrc 1225 Hast þow had enuye and erre To hym þat was þyn ouer herre?
▪ II. † irre, a. Obs.
Forms: 1 ierre, yrre, iorre, 1–3 irre, eorre, ire, yr(e.
[OE., WSax. ierre, irre, later yrre, Angl. iorre, eorre = OS. irri angry, OHG. irri wandering, deranged, angry (MHG. and Ger. irre), Goth. airzeis astray, from OTeut. root *erz-, pre-Teut. *ers-, L. err- (from ers-), in errāre to stray, error wandering. The transition to the sense ‘angry’, seen in OS. and OHG., and completed in OE., arose from the consideration of anger as a wandering or aberration of the mind.]
1. Gone astray, confused, perverted, depraved. Only in OE.
a1000Sol. & Sat. 498 Oððæt his saᵹe bið..yrre ᵹeworden. c1000Ags. Ps. (Th.) lxxv. 4 Ealle synt yrre [= turbati sunt omnes]. Ibid. lxxvii. 10 Þæt wæs earfoð cynn, yrre and reðe.
2. Enraged, angry.
c825Vesp. Psalter lix. 3 [lx. 1] God ðu..tuwurpe usic, eorre earð. c855O.E. Chron. an. 584 Ierre he hwearf þonan to his aᵹnum. c897K. ælfred Gregory's Past. xl. 289 Þa ierran [v.r. irran] nyton hwæt hie on him selfum habbað. 971Blickl. Hom. 33 Gif us hwa abylᵹþ, þonne beo we sona yrre. c1000ælfric Gen. xli. 10 Se cyning wæs yrre wið me. c1000Ags. Gosp. Matt. xviii. 34 Ða wæs se hlaford yrre [c 1160 Hatton eorre]. c1205Lay. 18597 Forð wende þe eorl, ire [c 1275 yr] on his mode. a1225Ancr. R. 304 Abuuen us, þe eorre Demare. |