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hreósan

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to fall from an upright position,
fall to the ground
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  • Hrýst

    cespitat,

      Hpt. 31, 17, 478.

  • Hreás occubuit (machera percussus

    occubuit,

      Ald. 49, 14), An. Ox. 3582.

  • Reósende

    nutabunda (arbor ),

    1575: 2234.
to fall from a seate of material or spiritual well-being
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  • Hreósþ

    corruit (impius in impietate sua,

      Prov. 11, 5), Kent. Gl. 349.

  • Úp áhefð [Dryhten] ealle þá þe hreósað

    alleuat Dominus omnes qui corruunt,

      Ps. L., Srt., Rdr. 144, 14.

  • On hrorenum folke

    in populo graui,

      Ps. L. 34, 18.
to fall from a higher to a lower level
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  • Hié under grund hruron,

      An. 1602.

  • On þæt éce fýr gé hreósan sceal,

      Cri. 1524.

  • Hreósende cassabundus (cf.(?) in tetrumtartarum

    cassabundus,

      Ald. 10, 35), Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 19.
to fall into a state or condition,
fall into a person's hands
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  • Hrure

    incidisti (in manum proximi tui,

      Prov. 6, 3), Kent. Gl. 124.
to move or act with violence, fall upon,
attack
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  • Þá áwyrgedan gástas betwux þá grimlican léga in hruron and feóllon

    maligni inter favillantium voraginum atras cavernas discurrentes,

      Guth. Gr. 132, 3.
Etymology
[Reoseð (falleþ, 2nd MS.), Laym. 15887. Reosen (falle, 2nd MS.), 24016: 26719. Ras (2nd MS. rees); p. 15518.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hreósan.” 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/53172.

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