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hruse

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
hruse, an; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§404;
The earth, ground
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  • Beofaþ middangeard hruse under hæleþum

    the world shall tremble, the earth under men,

    • Exon. 20 b
      • ;
    • Th. 55, 13
      • ;
    • Cri. 883
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 5110
      • ;
    • B. 2558.

  • Ðǽr mé siteþ hruse on hrycge

    there the earth presses on my back,

    • Exon. 101 b
      • ;
    • Th. 383, 5
      • ;
    • Rä. 4, 6.

  • Ic goldwine mínne hrusan heolstre biwráh

    I buried my lord,

    • 76 b
      • ;
    • Th. 287, 32
      • ;
    • Wand. 23.

  • Ligeþ him behindan hefig hrusan dǽl

    there remains behind the heavy earthy part,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 29, 107
      • ;
    • Met. 29, 53.

  • Ne gelýfdon ðætte líffruma in monnes hiw from hrusan áhafen wurde

    did not believe that the author of life had been raised from the ground in the form of a man,

    • Exon. 17 b
      • ;
    • Th. 41, 19
      • ;
    • Cri. 658.

  • Ne hreósaþ hí tó hrusan

    non est ruina maceriæ,

    • Ps. Th. 143, 18.

  • Under hrusan

    under ground,

    • Beo. Th. 4813
      • ;
    • B. 2411
      • :
    • Elen. Kmbl. 435
      • ;
    • El. 218.

  • Wæs hungor ofer hrusan

    there was a famine upon the earth,

    • Chr. 975
      • ;
    • Erl. 126, 29
      • ;
    • Edg. 55.

  • Hreás on hrusan nalles æfter lyfte lácende hwearf,

    • Beo. Th. 5654
      • ;
    • B. 2831.

  • Heofonas ðú wealdest hrusan swylce

    tui sunt cæli et tua est terra,

    • Ps. Th. 88, 10
      • :
    • 120, 2
      • :
    • 133, 4.

  • Under eorþan befeolan hinder under hrusan,

    • Exon. 9l a
      • ;
    • Th. 340, 24
      • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 116.

  • For ansýne écean Drihtnes heofonas droppetaþ hrusan forhtiaþ

    terra motu est; etenim cæli distillaverunt a facie Dei,

    • Ps. Th. 67, 9.

  • Heofenas blissiaþ hrusan swylce gefeóþ

    lætentur cæli et exultet terra,

    • 95, 11.

  • Hyllas and hrusan and heá beorgas ðec wurðiaþ.

    • Cd. 192
      • ;
    • Th. 240, 7
      • ;
    • Dan. 383.
Etymology
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Grimm D. M. p. 230 says 'mit crusta wird das ags. hruse genau verwandt sein.'
]
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “hruse.” 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/19855.

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