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hreówsian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
hreówsian, hrýwsian; p. ode
Wright's OE grammar
§536; §659;
To be sorry, grieve, repent, do penance
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  • Ðæt hé ǽfre ne beþence ymbe ða hreówsunge ðe hé ǽr hreówsade

    deque pœnitentia qua antea pœnituit nunquam cogitare,

    • L. Ecg. P. i. 7
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 174, 26.

  • Hire sint forgifena swíðe manega synna forðæmðe hió swíðe hreówsade,

    • Past. 52, 9
      • ;
    • Swt. 411, 12.

  • Hrýwsode

    pœnituit,

    • Ps. Spl. C. 105, 42.

  • Hreówsiaþ

    pœnitemini,

    • Mk. Skt. Rush. 1, 15.

  • Sume wyllaþ ðæt hé hreówsige

    nonnulli volunt ut pœniteat,

    • L. Ecg. C. 24
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 150, 9.

  • Ðaet se rihtwísa man hreówsige hine sylfne swylce hé wið God forwyrht sig

    ut justus homo pœnitentiam agat eorum, quæ erga Deum deliquerit,

    • L. Ecg. P. i. 5
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 174, 6.

  • Heora synna hreówsian and dǽdbóte dón,

    • Ors. 6, 2
      • ;
    • Swt. 256, 13.

  • Ðá ongann hé hreówsian

    pœnitentia ductus,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 27, 3.

  • Mínum hreówsiendan geþohte

    to my sorrowing thought,

    • Bt. 3
      • ;
    • Fox 4. 26.

  • For hreówsigendne man

    pro pœnitenti,

    • L. Ecg. C. 36
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 160, 20.

  • Fore hreósendum

    pro pœnitentibus,

    • Rtl. 177, 7.
Etymology
[
Laym. reousien
:
O. H. Ger. [h]riuwisón.
]
Derived forms
be-hreówsian
Linked entries
v.  hrýwsian.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “hreówsian.” 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/19724.

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