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hreów

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
hreów, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§265; §379;
Sorrow, regret, penitence, penance, repentance
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  • Búton him seó sóþe hreów gefultmige

    unless true penitence help them,

    • Blickl. Homl. 101, 7
    • :
    • Bt. Met. Fox 18, 21
    • ;
    • Met. 18, 11.
  • Án hreów ys wydewan and fǽmnan

    viduæ et puellæ una est pœnitentia,

    • L. Ecg. P. iv. 68, 9
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 228, 30.
  • Ic ðec lǽdan sceal tó ðam hálgan hám dær nǽfre hreów cymeþ

    I shall lead thee to that holy home where sorrow never comes,

    • Exon. 32 b
    • ;
    • Th. 102, 20
    • ;
    • Cri. 1675
    • :
    • Beo. Th. 4645
    • ;
    • B. 2328.
  • Hú langæ ðú on hreówe ǽwunian sceole

    quamdiu pœnitentiæ insistere,

    • Bd. 4, 25
    • ;
    • S. 600, 11.
  • On gódre hreówe

    in vera pœnitentia,

    • L. Ecg. C. 2
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 136, 24.
  • Mid synna hreówe

    with repentance for sins,

    • L. Wih. 3
    • ;
    • Th. i. 36, 18
    • :
    • 5; Th. i. 38, 8.
  • From ðære incundan hreówe

    ab intentione pœnitentiæ,

    • Past. 53, 5
    • ;
    • Swt. 415, 36.
  • Bútan hreówe

    without regret,

    • 44, 5
    • ;
    • Swt. 324, 18.
  • Ðón wé úrum Drihtne sóþe hreówe and bóte,

    • Blickl. Homl. 35, 36.
  • Hreówe and dǽdbóte,

    • 79, 5.
  • Ne hé wihte hafaþ hreówe on móde ðæt him hálig gǽst losige

    he hath not regret for the loss of his holy spirit,

    • Exon. 30 b
    • ;
    • Th. 95, 16
    • ;
    • Cri. 1558.
  • Hreówum tornost

    most grievous of sorrows,

    • Beo. Th. 4265
    • ;
    • B. 2129.
  • Hreówum gedreahte

    afflicted with regrets,

    • Exon. 22 b
    • ;
    • Th. 61, 34
    • ;
    • Cri. 994.
Etymology
[
O. and N. reowe
:
O. H. Ger. hriuwa, hriuwi pœnitentia, pœnitudo, dolor
:
Ger. reue.
]
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