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hreów

  • adjective
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hreów, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§265; §379;
In
  • Andr. Kmbl. 2233
  • ;
  • An. 1118
the alliteration seems to require reów. In the compounds blód-, wæl-hreów the second syllable seems to be hreóh [or is it reów, or may hreów be a confusion of the two forms?], as the form hreóh does not occur independently in the sense of fierce.
  • Grein
separates hreóh [hreów] under two heads with the meanings sævus, mæstus, but this seems unnecessary, as the idea of mental disturbance may be derived from that of physical disturbance in hreóh, q.v. see also hreówe. However, as
  • Ettmüller, p. 504
, observes, perhaps the three forms hreóh, hreów, hreáw are sometimes confounded.
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  • hreów, adj.