iron

(i’/érn), n. and a. [I. ». Early mod. E. also yron; early ME. izen) = MLG. tsen = OHG., tsan, isen, MHG. tsen, G. eisen; later form 525 See be ee - — iron (with term. -ern reduced to -en) of AS. tsern = OS. tsarn = OF ries. isern, iser, irsen, irser, NFries. irsen = D. ijzer = MLG. isern = OHG. warn, MHG. isern, tser = Icel. isarn, later contr. jarn = Dan. Sw. jern = Goth. eisarn, iron, = Iv. tar an, tarun = Gael. iarunn = W. haiarn = Bret. houarn, pl. hern (whence ult. E. harne , q. v.), iron; in AS. both noun and adj., but in form adj., and hence, it has been supposed, perhaps orig. as if ‘*icen,’ iron-bound The Century Dictionary Vol. IV