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hreóh-ness

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Grammar
hreóh-ness, hreó-ness, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§428;
Roughness of the weather, of the sea, storm, tempest
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  • Ofer eów cymeþ mycel storm and hreóhnes

    tempestas vobis superveniet,

    • Bd. 3, 15
    • ;
    • S. 541, 33.
  • Hreánis

    tempestas,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 16, 3.
  • On ymbhwyrfte his hreóhnys strang

    in circuitu ejus tempestas valida,

    • Ps. Spl. 49, 4
    • :
    • Homl. Th. ii. 18, 5.
  • Micel hreohnys on ðære sǽ,

    • 378, 14.
  • Seó hreóhnys wearþ gestilled

    the tempest was stilled,

    • i. 246, 10, 1.
  • Ic geseó ðæt dás bróðor synd geswencede of ðisse sǽwe hreónesse

    I see that these brethren are wearied from the roughness of the sea,

    • Blickl. Homl. 233, 26.
  • On ðissere cealdan hreóhnysse

    in this cold storm,

    • Homl. Swt. 11, 187.
  • Gif hwá hreóhnysse on réwytte þolige ... seó hreohnys byþ forboden

    if any one suffer stormy weather in rowing ... the rough weather will be stopped,

    • Herb. 171, 3
    • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 302. 5.
  • Wið hagol and hreóhnysse ... heó áwendeþ hagoles hreóhnysse,

    • 176
    • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 308, 10, 14, 16, 23.
  • Hé dyde swíðe hreónesse ðære sǽwe

    he made the sea very rough,

    • Blickl. Homl. 235, 5.
  • On ðissere worulde hreóhnyssum

    in the storms of this world,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 384, 26.
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v.  hréð-ness.
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