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ge-hreósan

  • verb [ strong ]
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ge-hreósan, p. -hreás, pl. -hruron; pp. -hroren
To rush, fall, glide away, to fail; ruere, cadere, labi, deficere
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  • Hrófas sind gehrorene

    the roofs are fallen,

    • Exon. 124 a; Th. 476, 5
    • ;
    • Ruin. 3
    • .
  • Ðá cómon hí to sumre ceastre gehrorenre

    venerunt ad civitatulam quandam desolatam,

    • Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 29
    • .
  • Ic ðus gehroren eom and aweg gewiten

    I [Babylon] am thus fallen and passed away,

    • Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 35
    • .
  • Móna niðer gehreóseþ

    the moon shall fall down,

    • Exon. 21 b; Th. 58, 22
    • ;
    • Cri. 939
    • .
  • Swíðe oft se micla anweald ðara yfelena gehríst swíðe fǽrlíce

    very often the great power of the wicked falls very suddenly,

    • Bt. 38, 2; Fox 198, 8
    • .
  • Gehreósaþ

    labuntur,

    • Exon. 95 a; Th. 354, 34
    • ;
    • Reim. 55
    • .
Derived forms
hreósan
Linked entries
v.  ge-hreás ge-hror ge-hroren ge-hruron ge-reósan.
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