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HREÓH

  • adjective
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Grammar
HREÓH, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§428;
ROUGH, fierce, savage, rough [of the weather, the sea, etc.], stormy, tempestuous, disturbed [of the mind]
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  • Hreóh weder

    tempestas,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 16, 3.

  • Heom on becom swíðe hreóh weder,

    • Chr. 1075
      • ;
    • Erl. 212, 23.

  • Hit wæs hreóh sǽ

    mare exsurgebat,

    • Jn. Skt. 6, 18.

  • Flód hreóh under heofonum,

    • Cd. 69
      • ;
    • Th. 83, 29
      • ;
    • Gen. 1387
      • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 933
      • ;
    • An. 466: 3083
      • ;
    • An. 1544.

  • Hreóh wæter,

    • Ps. Th. 68, 1.

  • Ne wedra gebregd hreóh under heofonum

    non ibi tempestas nec vis furit horrida venti,

    • Exon. 56 b
      • ;
    • Th. 201, 18
      • :
    • Ph. 58.

  • Brond hreóh onetteþ

    the flame hurries fierce,

    • 59 a
      • ;
    • Th. 212, 19
      • ;
    • Ph. 217.

  • Hrióh biþ ðonne seó de ǽr gladu onsiéne wæs

    rough then is the sea that before was smooth,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 5, 20
      • ;
    • Met. 5, 10.

  • Án wiht is hreóh and réðe

    there is a creature fierce and fell,

    • Exon. 127 b
      • ;
    • Th. 491, 20
      • ;
    • Rä. 81, 2.

  • Yrre gebolgen hreóh and hygeblind

    angry, cruel and blind of mind,

    • 66 b
      • ;
    • Th. 246, 13
      • ;
    • Jul. 61: 74 b
      • ;
    • Th. 278, 9
      • ;
    • Jul. 595.

  • Hreóh and heorogrim,

    • Beo. Th. 3132
      • ;
    • B. 1564.

  • Wæs him hreóh sefa ege from ðam eorle

    troubled was his mind, he was in fear of the man,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 1, 142
      • ;
    • Met. 1, 71.

  • Ne mæg wérig mód wyrde wiðstondan ne se hreó hyge helpe gefremman

    a weary heart cannot withstand fate nor the troubled mind afford help,

    • Exon. 76 b
      • ;
    • Th. 287, 18
      • ;
    • Wand. 16: 94 b
      • ;
    • Th. 354, 9
      • ;
    • Reim. 43.

  • Ðá wæs beorges weard on hreóum mode

    then became the hill-ward of fierce mood,

    • Beo. Th. 5156
      • ;
    • B. 2581.

  • On ðære hreón sǽ

    turbato mari,

    • Past. 9
      • ;
    • Swt. 59, 2.

  • On hreón móde

    troubled,

    • Beo. Th. 2619
      • ;
    • B. 1307.

  • Wé geliden hæfdon ofer hreóne hrycg

    we had sailed over a troubled sea,

    • Exon. 20 b
      • ;
    • Th. 53, 31
      • ;
    • Cri. 859.

  • Hreó hæglfare

    a hailstorm,

    • 78 a
      • ;
    • Th. 292, 26
      • ;
    • Wand. 105.

  • Hreó wǽron ýða

    rough were the billows,

    • Beo. Th. 1101
      • ;
    • B. 548
      • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 1496
      • ;
    • An. 749
      • :
    • Exon. 55 a
      • ;
    • Th. 194, 19
      • ;
    • Az. 141.

  • Hreóra wǽga,

    • 56 b
      • ;
    • Th. 200,24
      • ;
    • Ph. 45.

  • Ðonne seó sǽ hreóhost byþ ðonne wót hé gewiss smelte wedere tówæard

    when the sea is roughest then he knows certainly that fair weather is to come,

    • Shrn. 179, 18.
Etymology
[
Laym. reh, ræh
:
O. Sax. hré.
]
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v. hreów.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “HREÓH.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/19695.

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