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hrútan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
hrútan, p. hreát, pl. hruton
Wright's OE grammar
§496;
To make a noise, to snore; stridere, stertere
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  • Ic hrúte

    sterto,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 28, 3
    • ;
    • Som. 30, 64.
  • Ne æt mé hrutende hrisil scríðeþ

    nor does the shuttle come whizzing at me,

    • Exon. 109 a
    • ;
    • Th. 417, 19
    • ;
    • Rä. 36, 7.
Etymology
[
Prompt. Parv. rowtyn, yn slepesterto
:
Chauc. route to snore, roar, 'the wynde so londe kan to route
:'
Wick. routeþ stertit
:
Piers P. rutte snored
:
E. D. S. Reprint. Gloss. B. 15, rute to cry fiercely; rowt, rawt to low like an ox or cow
:
Icel. hrjóta (older rjóta) to snore
:
O. H. Ger. riuzan; p. róz, pl. ruzun flere, plangere, stridere
: cf.
also ruzian, ruzon stertere; ruzonti stridulus, stridens, Grff. ii. 562.
]
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v. reótan.
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