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ic, pers. pron. I: acc. mec, dat. mē, gen. mīn; dual nom. wit, acc. uncit, unc, dat. unc, gen. uncer; pl. nom. wē, acc. ūsic, ūs, dat. ūs, gen. ūser. ic omitted before the verb, 470.

icge, gold (perhaps related to Sanskrit īç, = dominare, imperare, O.H.G. ēht, wealth, opes), treasure?, sword (edge)?, 1108.—Körner.

ides, st. f., woman, lady, queen: nom. sg., 621, 1076, 1118, 1169; dat. sg. idese, 1650, 1942. Also of Grendel’s mother: nom. sg., 1260; gen. sg. idese, 1352.

in. See inn.

in: I. prep. w. dat. and acc.: 1) w. dat. (local, indicating rest), in: in geardum, 13, 2460; in þǣm gūðsele, 443; in bēorsele, 2636; so, 89, 482, 589, 696, 729, 2140, 2233, etc.; in mǣgða gehwǣre, 25; in þȳstrum, 87; in Caines cynne, 107; in hyra gryregeatwum (in their accoutrements of terror, war-weeds), 324; so, 395; in campe (in battle), 2506; hiora in ānum (in one of them), 2600. Prep. postpositive: Scedelandum in, 19. Also, on, upon, like on: in ealo-bence, 1030; in gumstōle, 1953; in þām wongstede (on the grassy plain, the battle-field), 2787; in bǣlstede, 3098. Temporal: in geār-dagum, 1.—2) w. acc. (local, indicating motion), in, into: in woruld, 60; in fȳres fæðm, 185; so, 1211; in Hrefnesholt, 2936. Temporal, in, at, about, toward: in þā tīde (in watide, MS.), 2228.

II. adv., in (here or there), 386, 1038, 1372, 1503, 1645, 2153, 2191, 2228; inn, 3091.

incge, adj. (perhaps related to icge), instr. sg. incge lāfe (with the costly sword? or with mighty sword?), 2578.—[Edge: incge lāfe, edge of the sword.—K. Körner?]

in-frōd, adj., very aged: nom. sg., 2450; dat. sg. in-frōdum, 1875.

in-gang, st. m., entrance, access to: acc. sg., 1550.

in-genga, w. m., in-goer, visitor: nom. sg., of Grendel, 1777.

in-gesteald, st. m., house-property, possessions in the house: acc. sg., 1156.

inn, st. n., apartment, house: nom. sg. in, 1301.

innan, adv., within, inside, 775, 1018, 2413, 2720; on innan (in the interior), within, 1741, 2716; þǣr on innan (in there), 71; burgum on innan (within his city), 1969. Also, therein: þǣr on innan, 2090, 2215, 2245.

innan-weard, adv., inwards, inside, within, 992, 1977; inne-weard, 999.

inne, adv.: 1) inside, within, 643, 1282, 1571, 2114, 3060; word inne ābēad (called, sent word, in, i.e. standing in the hall door), 390; in it (i.e. the battle), 1142; þǣr inne (therein), 118, 1618, 2116, 2227, 3088.—2) = insuper, still further, besides, 1867.

inwit, st. n., evil, mischief, spite, cunning hostility, as in inwit-feng, st. m., malicious grasp, grasp of a cunning foe: nom. sg., 1448.

inwit-gæst, st. m., evil guest, hostile stranger: nom. sg., 2671.

inwit-hrōf, st. m., hostile roof, hiding-place of a cunning foe: acc. sg. under inwit-hrōf, 3124.

inwit-net, st. n., mischief-net, cunning snare: acc. sg., 2168.

inwit-nīð, st. n., cunning hostility, hostile contest: nom. pl. inwit-nīðas (hostility through secret attack), 1859; gen. pl. inwit-nīða, 1948.

inwit-scear, st. m., massacre through cunning, murderous attack: acc. sg. eatolne inwit-scear, 2479.

inwit-searo, st. n., cunning, artful intrigue: acc. sg. þurh inwit-searo, 1102. See searo.

inwit-sorh, st. f., grief, remorse, mourning springing from hostile cunning: nom. sg., 1737; acc. sg. inwid-sorge, 832.

inwit-þanc, adj., ill-disposed, malicious: dat. sg. hē onfēng hraðe inwit-þancum (he quickly grasped the cunning-in-mind [Grendel]), 749.

irnan (for rinnan), st. v., to run: so be-irnan, to run up to, occur: pret. sg him on mōd be-arn (came into his mind), 67.

on-irnan, to open: pret. sg. duru sōna onarn, 722.

irre-mōd, adj. See yrre-mōd.

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