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hreówsung

  • noun [ feminine ]
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hreówsung, e; f.
Sorrowing, sorrow, penitence, repentance
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  • Hreówsung

    pœnitudo,

    • Hpt. Gl. 510.

  • Se apostol bebeád ðæt hí þrítig daga be hreówsunge dǽdbétende Gode geoffrodon

    the apostle ordered that they for thirty days with penitence should offer to God doing penance,

    • Homl. Th. i. 68, 17.

  • Gif hí hwæt gesyngodon hí hit eft mid hreówsunge gebéton

    if they sinned in aught they should make amends therein with repentance,

    • Bt. 41, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 248, 14.

  • Hig hreówsunge dydon

    pœniterent,

    • Lk. Skt. 10, 13.

  • Ðæt hé þurh ða hreówsunga geméte forgiefnesse beforan ðære soþfæsðnesse

    ut per lamenta veniam in conspectu veritatis obtineat,

    • Past. 21, 7
      • ;
    • Swt. 165, 22.

  • Forlǽtaþ eówre hreówsunga

    cease your lamentations;

    capita vestra nolite nudare et vestimenta nolite scindere,

    • Lev. 10, 6.

  • Be his sylfes heortan hreówsungum

    according to the penitence of his own heart,

    • L. Pen. 3
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 278, 11.
Etymology
[
Orm. reowwsunnge.
]
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v. be-hreówsung.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hreówsung.” 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/19725.

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