Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

HREÓH

  • adjective
Dictionary links
Grammar
HREÓH, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§428;
ROUGH, fierce, savage, rough [of the weather, the sea, etc.], stormy, tempestuous, disturbed [of the mind]
Show examples
  • Hreóh weder

    tempestas,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 16, 3.
  • Heom on becom swíðe hreóh weder,

    • Chr. 1075
    • ;
    • Erl. 212, 23.
  • Hit wæs hreóh

    mare exsurgebat,

    • Jn. Skt. 6, 18.
  • Flód hreóh under heofonum,

    • Cd. 69
    • ;
    • Th. 83, 29
    • ;
    • Gen. 1387
    • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 933
    • ;
    • An. 466: 3083
    • ;
    • An. 1544.
  • Hreóh wæter,

    • Ps. Th. 68, 1.
  • Ne wedra gebregd hreóh under heofonum

    non ibi tempestas nec vis furit horrida venti,

    • Exon. 56 b
    • ;
    • Th. 201, 18
    • :
    • Ph. 58.
  • Brond hreóh onetteþ

    the flame hurries fierce,

    • 59 a
    • ;
    • Th. 212, 19
    • ;
    • Ph. 217.
  • Hrióh biþ ðonne seó de ǽr gladu onsiéne wæs

    rough then is the sea that before was smooth,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 5, 20
    • ;
    • Met. 5, 10.
  • Án wiht is hreóh and réðe

    there is a creature fierce and fell,

    • Exon. 127 b
    • ;
    • Th. 491, 20
    • ;
    • Rä. 81, 2.
  • Yrre gebolgen hreóh and hygeblind

    angry, cruel and blind of mind,

    • 66 b
    • ;
    • Th. 246, 13
    • ;
    • Jul. 61: 74 b
    • ;
    • Th. 278, 9
    • ;
    • Jul. 595.
  • Hreóh and heorogrim,

    • Beo. Th. 3132
    • ;
    • B. 1564.
  • Wæs him hreóh sefa ege from ðam eorle

    troubled was his mind, he was in fear of the man,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 1, 142
    • ;
    • Met. 1, 71.
  • Ne mæg wérig mód wyrde wiðstondan ne se hreó hyge helpe gefremman

    a weary heart cannot withstand fate nor the troubled mind afford help,

    • Exon. 76 b
    • ;
    • Th. 287, 18
    • ;
    • Wand. 16: 94 b
    • ;
    • Th. 354, 9
    • ;
    • Reim. 43.
  • Ðá wæs beorges weard on hreóum mode

    then became the hill-ward of fierce mood,

    • Beo. Th. 5156
    • ;
    • B. 2581.
  • On ðære hreón

    turbato mari,

    • Past. 9
    • ;
    • Swt. 59, 2.
  • On hreón móde

    troubled,

    • Beo. Th. 2619
    • ;
    • B. 1307.
  • Wé geliden hæfdon ofer hreóne hrycg

    we had sailed over a troubled sea,

    • Exon. 20 b
    • ;
    • Th. 53, 31
    • ;
    • Cri. 859.
  • Hreó hæglfare

    a hailstorm,

    • 78 a
    • ;
    • Th. 292, 26
    • ;
    • Wand. 105.
  • Hreó wǽron ýða

    rough were the billows,

    • Beo. Th. 1101
    • ;
    • B. 548
    • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 1496
    • ;
    • An. 749
    • :
    • Exon. 55 a
    • ;
    • Th. 194, 19
    • ;
    • Az. 141.
  • Hreóra wǽga,

    • 56 b
    • ;
    • Th. 200,24
    • ;
    • Ph. 45.
  • Ðonne seó sǽ hreóhost byþ ðonne wót hé gewiss smelte wedere tówæard

    when the sea is roughest then he knows certainly that fair weather is to come,

    • Shrn. 179, 18.
Etymology
[
Laym. reh, ræh
:
O. Sax. hré.
]
Similar entries
v. hreów.
Full form

Word-wheel

  • HREÓH, adj.