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hreóh-nes

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storm, tempest (lit. or fig.)
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  • Wearð ðáre sǽ smiltnesse áwænd fǽringa and wearð micel reównes áweht, swá ꝥ seó sǽ cnyste þá heofonlican tungla,

      Ap. Th. 10, 26.

  • Ýstendre (wealcendre) sǽ (reóhnesse) flódas

    feruentis (i. furentis) oceani flustra,

      An. Ox. 2475.

  • On réþre þreóhnesse

    in seuo turbine,

      Wülck. Gl. 252, 32.

  • Ne lǽt ús besencan on ðissere cealdan hreóhnysse,

      Hml. S. 11, 187.

  • Ýstende reóhnesse

    tumentem (aequoris) insaniam,

      An. Ox. 2500.

  • Gedréfednesse ðreóhnessum

    tribulationum turbines,

      Wülck. Gl. 251, 41.

  • Scúra hreóhnessa

    procellarum turbines,

      An. Ox. 4415.
  • Gif þunor cymð æt þǽre xii tíde dæges, hreóhnessa and stormas sé bécnað, Archiv cxx. 48, 33.
a stormy, troublous time
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  • Þonne hwylc hrínnes oððe éhtnes upp árás

    oborta occasione,

      Gr. D. 232, 7.

  • On þǽre hreóhnesse, gedréfnesse

    ea tempestate (florens ),

      An. Ox. 2420.
a rough place, desert(?)
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  • Hine hig tihton on unwæterigre stówe ł on reóhnesse (

    in inaquoso

    ),
      Ps. L. 77, 40. v. hreóh a storm.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hreóh-nes.” 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/53168.

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