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hreól

(n.)

a reelalibrum

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a reel; alibrum, Ælfc. Gr. 111; Som. 79, 55; Wrt. Voc. 59, 26

Hreopa-dún

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Hreopa-dún, Hreope-, Hrypa-dún, e; f.

Repton

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Repton, Chr. 755; Erl. 52, 1: 874; Erl. 76, 21: 875; Erl. 76, 33.

hreórig

(adj.)
Grammar
hreórig, adj.

Ruinous

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Ruinous Hrófas sind gehrorene hreórge torras the roofs are fallen, the towers ruinous, Exon. 124 a; Th. 476, 6; Ruin. 3

hreósend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hreósend-líc, adj.

Frailperishable

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Frail, perishable, ready to fall sécaþ ðære heán gecynde gesǽlþa and heore weorþscipe dam niðerlícum and dam hreósendlícum þingum ab rebus infimis excellentis naturæ ornamenta captatis, Bt. 14, 2; Fox 44, 30.

hreóung

(n.)
Grammar
hreóung, hríung, e; f.
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Shortness of breath, hardness of breathing Hriung suspirium, Ælfc. Gl. 10; Som. 57, 28; Wrt. Voc. 19, 34. Hreóung hlýdende swíðust innan hard breathing sounding chiefly from within, L. M. 2, 46; Lchdm. ii. 258, 19

Linked entry: hríung

hreów

(n.)
Grammar
hreów, e; f.

Sorrowregretpenitencepenancerepentance

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Homl. 101, 7: Bt. Met. Fox 18, 21; Met. 18, 11. Án hreów ys wydewan and fǽmnan viduæ et puellæ una est pœnitentia, L. Ecg. P. iv. 68, 9; Th. ii. 228, 30.

hreówe

(adj.)
Grammar
hreówe, adj.

Sadgrievedsorrowfulpenitent

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Sad, grieved, sorrowful, penitent Hreówum teárum lacrymis pœnitentiæ, Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 15

Linked entry: hreów

hreppan

(v.)

to touchtreat

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to touch, treat Ic hreppe tango, Ælfc. Gr. 28; Som. 32, 56. Ic hreppe Pharao mid ánum wíte una plaga tangam Pharaonem, Ex. 11, 1. Se ðe wudu hrepeþ he who touches the wood, Exon. 127 b; Th. 490, 7; . 79, 7.

hrepsung

(n.)
Grammar
hrepsung, e; f.

The evening

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The evening Ǽfen oððe hrepsung vesper, Som

Linked entry: ǽfen-hrepsung

hrepung

(n.)
Grammar
hrepung, e; f.

Touchtouching

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Gr. 11; Som. 15, 15. Ða andgitu sint gehátene ðus . . . tactus hrepung on eallum limum the senses are named thus ... tactustouch, in all the limbs, Homl. Swt. 1, 199: Homl. Th. ii. 372, 26.

hreran

(v.)
Grammar
hreran, [?]

to fall

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to fall: Ðæt ic hryre ł gefealle [ = ? hrure ł gefeólle] ut caderem, MS. T: hrǽron, Ps. Spl. 117, 13

Linked entry: hrǽron

hréran

(v.)
Grammar
hréran, p. de

To moveshakestir

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To move, shake, stir Ic wudu hrére I move the wood, Exon. 101 a; Th. 381, 9; . 2, 8. Hréra, 101 b; Th. 383, 9; . 4, 8.

Linked entry: for-hréred

hréred-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hréred-ness, e; f.

Agitationhasteprecipitation

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Agitation, haste, precipitation Ealle word hrýrednesse omnia verba præcipitationis, Ps. Lamb. 51, 6

Linked entry: hrýred-ness

hrér-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hrér-ness, e; f.

Motiondisturbanceagitationcommotionstorm

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Swá ðú on yrre ehtest and dréfest ðæt on hrérnesse hraðe forweorþaþ ita persequeris illos in tempestate tua; et in ira tua conturbabis eos, Ps. Th. 82, 11

hréðe

(adj.)
Grammar
hréðe, adj.

Fiercecruelsavagerough

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Lind. 8, 28. In heágum mórum and hréðum in arduis asperisque montibus, Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 27. Ðám hréðestum feóndum sævissimis hostibus, Mone Gl. 346

hréd-eádig

(adj.)
Grammar
hréd-eádig, adj.

Gloriousnobletriumphant

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Sum biþ on huntoþe hréðeádigra deóra drǽfend one is more famous in hunting, a chaser of wild beasts, 78 b; Th. 295,23; Crä. 37. [Thorpe and Grem take hréðeádigra as gen., but see Th. 298, 1; Crä. 78 for another comparative.]

hreðer-loca

(n.)
Grammar
hreðer-loca, an; m.

The breast

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The breast, Exon. 51 a; Th. 178, 1; . 1237: 82 a; Th. 309, 17; Seef. 58: 23 b; Th. 65, 17; Cri. 1056: Elen. Kmbl. 173; El. 86

hréð-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hréð-ness, e; f.

Fiercenessroughnesscruelty

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Fierceness, roughness [of weather], cruelty Hroeðnise sævitiam, Rtl. 122, 14. Hroeðnise tempestatem, Lk. Skt. Lind. 8, 24

hricsc

(n.)
Grammar
hricsc, [ = ? hrisc or hrics]

a rickcrick

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a rick, crick, a wrench accompanied with a small sound Of fylle oððe of slege oððe of hricsca hwilcum from a fall or from a blow or from any crick, L. M. 1, 31; Lchdm. ii. 72, 23

hridder

(n.)
Grammar
hridder, es; n.

A sieve

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A sieve, instrument for winnowing corn: Hridder capisterium, taratantara, Ælfc. Gl. 50; Som. 65, 116, 117; Wrt. Voc. 34, 45, 46. Ðá ábæd his fóstormóder án hridder ...