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hreówan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
hreówan, p. hreáw
Wright's OE grammar
§493;
To rue, make sorry, grieve; often impers
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  • Him nán yfel ne hríwþ

    quam mala nulla contristant,

    • Past. 53, 5
      • ;
    • Swt. 417, 1.

  • Hí hér syngiaþ and hit him nó ne hreówþ

    they sin in this world and are not sorry for it,

    • 55, 2
      • ;
    • Swt. 429, 17.

  • Hreóweþ,

    • Exon. 44 b
      • ;
    • Th. 150, 23
      • ;
    • Gú. 783
      • :
    • Cd. 22
      • ;
    • Th. 27, 31
      • ;
    • Gen. 426.

  • Ðonne hreóweþ hire ðæt heó hire gehát ne gefylde

    pœnitentia mota quod votum suum non impleverit,

    • L. Ecg. C. 33
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 158, 7.

  • Hreáw him

    pœnituit eum,

    • Ps. Spl. 105, 42.

  • Hreáw hine,

    • Ps. Th. 105, 34
      • :
    • Cd. 64
      • ;
    • Th. 77, 17
      • ;
    • Gen. 1276.

  • Gif ðú ongite ðæt him his synna hreówen

    if you see that his sins cause him sorrow,

    • L. de Cf. 2
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 260, 19.

  • Swá swá hí læsse ongietad on him selfum ðæs ðe him hreówan þyrfe

    cum minus se respiciunt habere quod defleant,

    • Past. 52, 9
      • ;
    • Swt. 411, 5.

  • For ðæm ðe hie ne mágon ealneg ealla on áne tíd emnsáre hreówan

    neque enim uno eodemque tempore æque mens de omnibus dolet,

    • 53, 3
      • ;
    • Swt. 413, 29.

  • Ne hit him ne lǽt hreówan

    does not let it trouble him,

    • Bt. 39, 12
      • ;
    • Fox 232, 2
      • ;
    • Cd. 38
      • ;
    • Th. 50, 29, 36
      • ;
    • Gen. 816, 819
      • :
    • Exon. 28 b
      • ;
    • Th. 86, 28
      • ;
    • Cri. 1415: 100 a
      • ;
    • Th. 376, 5
      • ;
    • Seel. 150.
Etymology
[
Laym. reouwen
:
Orm. reoweþþ, prs; ræw
,
p: Chauc. reweþ
:
Prompt. Parv. ruwyñ peniteo, penitet; compatior
:
O. Sax. hrewan
:
Icel. hryggja, hryggwa to distress, grieve
:
O. H. Ger. [h]riuwan
;
Ger. reuen.
]
Derived forms
ge-, of-hreówan
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “hreówan.” 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/19714.

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