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hrǽw

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
hrǽw, hráw, hreáw, hrá, es; n. m.
Wright's OE grammar
§134; §419;
The body of a man living or dead, a corpse, carcase, trunk, carrion
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  • Líc vel hreáw

    funus,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 85
      • ;
    • Som. 74, 1
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 45, 25.

  • Ðú earma nú ðú byst geworden ðæt fúleste hreáw and wyrma mete

    thou miserable thing, now art thou become a very foul corpse and food for worms,

    • L. E. I. prm
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 398, 16.

  • Hrá wundum wérig

    the body weary with wounds,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2556
      • ;
    • An. 1279: 2062
      • ;
    • An. 1033: Exon. 36 b
      • ;
    • Th. 119, 14
      • ;
    • Gú. 254.

  • He ðæt hrá gescóp

    he created the body,

    • 8 a
      • ;
    • Th. 2, 5
      • ;
    • Cri. 14.

  • Hrá biþ ácólad

    the corpse is cooled,

    • 59 a;
    • Th. 213, 22;
    • Ph. 228: Elen. Kmbl. 1767;
    • El. 885.

  • Hrá wide sprong

    far away sprang the trunk [as the head was severed from it ],

    • Beo. Th. 3181
      • ;
    • B. 1588.

  • Ðonne flǽsc onginneþ hráw cólian

    when the flesh, the body begins to grow cold,

    • Runic pm. 29
      • ;
    • Kmbl. 345, 14.

  • Wealdendes hrǽw

    the ruler's [Christ] body,

    • Rood Kmbl. 106
      • ;
    • Kr. 53: 144
      • ;
    • Kr. 72.

  • Ðá lócade hé on his ágenne líchoman swá swá on uncúþne hreáw

    he gazed on his own body as on an unknown corpse,

    • Shrn. 52, 4.

  • Ða sticca Simones hreáwes

    the pieces of Simon's carcase,

    • Homl. Th. i. 380, 34.

  • Sang se wanna fugel hrǽs on wénan

    the dusky fowl sang hoping for carrion,

    • Cd. 93
      • ;
    • Th. 119, 25
      • ;
    • Gen. 1985.

  • Furseus ðá beseah tó his líchaman swilce tó uncúþum hreáwe

    .
    • Homl. Th. ii. 346, 7.

  • Ðá líchoman heáhfædera hrá

    the bodies, the patriarchs' corpses,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1581
      • ;
    • An. 792.

  • Heora fædera hreáw

    cadavera patrum,

    • Num. 14, 33.

  • Hrǽ, hrǽw [other MSS. hráw, hrá]

    corpses,

    • Chron. 937
      • ;
    • Erl. 115, 9
      • ;
    • Æðelst. 60.

  • Reócende hrǽw

    reeking carcases,

    • Judth. 12
      • ;
    • Thw. 26, 7
      • ;
    • Jud. 314.

  • Hrǽwas ł ða deáþlícan ðínra þeówana

    morticina servorum tuorum,

    • Ps. Lamb. 78, 2.

  • Deádra hrǽwum

    over the corpses of the dead,

    • Cd. 144
      • ;
    • Th. 180, 6
      • ;
    • Exod. 41.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. hréo
:
O. Frs. hré
:
Icel. hræ a corpse, carrion
:
O. H. Ger. hréo cadaver, funus
:
cf. Goth. hraiwa-dubo.
]
Linked entries
v.  hrá hráw hreáw.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “hrǽw.” 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/19634.

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