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of-hreówan

  • verb [ strong ]
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to cause grief or pity
impers. with dat. of pers. and gen. of the cause
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  • Mé ofhríwþ

    me miseret,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 33
      • ;
    • Som. 37, 24
      • .

  • Ðæs sceápes untrumnesse him ofhreáw (-hreów, MS. F. )

    • R. Ben. 51, 20
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  • Him of hreow ðæs mannes

    he was sorry for man,

    • Homl. Th. i. 192, 16
      • .
with dat. of pers. and nom. of cause, or a clause introduced by ðæt
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  • Ðá ofhreów ðam munece ðæs hreóflian mægenleást

    the powerlessness of the leper excited the pity of the monk,

    • 336, ll
      • .

  • Mé ofhreów ðæt hí né cúðon ða godspellícan láre,

    • 2, 22
      • .
to feel pity
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  • Se mæssepreóst ðæs mannes of hreów.

    • Swt. A. S. Rdr. 102, 216
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  • lohannes ofhreów ðære méder dreórignysse,

    • Homl. Th. i. 66, 21
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Bosworth, Joseph. “of-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/24325.

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