▪ 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.
| c 825 Vesp. Psalter ci. 11 [cii. 10] From onsiene eorres & ebylðu ðinre. c 897 K. ælfred Gregory's Past. xl. 289 Ðonne ðæt ierre [h]æfð anwald ðæs monnes..he self nat huæt he on ðæt irre deð. 971 Blickl. Hom. 25 Nis þær eᵹe, ne ᵹeflit, ne yrre. Ibid. 47 Gif hi hi sylfe willon wiþ Godes erre ᵹehealdan. a 1000 Elene 401 (Gr.) Ne we ᵹeare cunnun, Þurh hwæt þu þus hearde, hlæfdiᵹe, us eorre wurde. c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Luke iii. 7 Ð æt ᵹe fleon fram þam towerdan yrre [c 1160 Hatton G., fram þam towearde eorre]. c 1050 Byrhtferth's Handboc in Anglia (1885) VIII. 337 Se þridda ys ira þæt byð yrre. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 83 Adam wes..forwunded..mid spere of prude, of ȝitcunge, of ȝifernesse, of eorre. c 1200 Ormin 9266 To fleon and to forrbuȝhenn Þatt irre þatt to cumenn iss. a 1250 Prov. ælfred 205 in O.E. Misc. 114 Monymon for his gold haueþ godes vrre [v.r. eire]. c 1450 Myrc 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.
| a 1000 Sol. & Sat. 498 Oððæt his saᵹe bið..yrre ᵹeworden. c 1000 Ags. Ps. (Th.) lxxv. 4 Ealle synt yrre [= turbati sunt omnes]. Ibid. lxxvii. 10 Þæt wæs earfoð cynn, yrre and reðe. |
2. Enraged, angry.
| c 825 Vesp. Psalter lix. 3 [lx. 1] God ðu..tuwurpe usic, eorre earð. c 855 O.E. Chron. an. 584 Ierre he hwearf þonan to his aᵹnum. c 897 K. ælfred Gregory's Past. xl. 289 Þa ierran [v.r. irran] nyton hwæt hie on him selfum habbað. 971 Blickl. Hom. 33 Gif us hwa abylᵹþ, þonne beo we sona yrre. c 1000 ælfric Gen. xli. 10 Se cyning wæs yrre wið me. c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Matt. xviii. 34 Ða wæs se hlaford yrre [c 1160 Hatton eorre]. c 1205 Lay. 18597 Forð wende þe eorl, ire [c 1275 yr] on his mode. a 1225 Ancr. R. 304 Abuuen us, þe eorre Demare. |