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hreám

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
hreám, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§335;
A cry, outcry, hue and cry, crying, tumult, uproar
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  • Ðæra Sodomitiscra hreám ys gemenigfyld

    clamor Sodomorum multiplicatus est,

    • Gen. 18, 20
    • :
    • Past. 55
    • ;
    • Swt. 427, 33
    • :
    • Cd. 229
    • ;
    • Th. 309, 28
    • ;
    • Sat. 717.
  • Ðam hálgan were wæs geþuht ðæt ðæs gefeohtes hreám mihte beón gehýred geond ealle eorþan

    it seemed to the holy man that the uproar of the conflict could be heard over all the earth,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 336, 17
    • :
    • Cd.166
    • ;
    • Th. 206, 10
    • ;
    • Exod. 449
    • :
    • Beo. Th. 2608
    • ;
    • B. 1302.
  • Hreám and wóp

    crying and weeping,

    • Blickl. Homl. 61, 36
    • :
    • 115, 15.
  • Of ðam leahtre cymþ hreám dyslíc dyrstignys and mansliht

    from that sin comes uproar, foolhardiness and manslaughter,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 220, 14.
  • Hás ys for hreáme

    raucus est præ clamatione,

    • Th. An. 19, 31.
  • Julianus mid anþrǽcum hreáme forswealt

    Julian with a horrible cry died,

    • Homl. Th. i. 452, 16.
  • Ða heorde mid hreáme bewerian

    to defend the flock with outcry,

    • L. I. P. 19
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 326, 10.
  • Gif hwá þeóf geméte and hine his þances áweg lǽte búton hreáme ... and gif hwá hreám gehýre and hine forsitte

    if any one find a thief and voluntarily let him escape without hue and cry ... and if any one hear hue and cry and disregard it,

    • L. C. S. 29
    • ;
    • Th. i. 392, 14-17: 170, 10
    • [MS. hearme
    ].
Etymology
[
Laym. ræm, ream
:
Orm. ræm
:
A. R. ream
:
cf. Icel. hreimr ( = hreymr?) a scream, cry: hraumi a noisy fellow.
]
Similar entries
v. hréman.
Linked entries
v.  hrýman.
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  • hreám, n.