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wæl-hreów

  • adjective
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Grammar
wæl-hreów, -hreáw, -reów, -rǽw; adj.
Cruel, barbarous, bloodthirsty
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  • Wælhreów crudelis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Zup. 54, 12: atrox, 9, 66; Zup. 72, 1:

    trux,

      9, 67; Zup. 72, 9.
  • Wælhreówe

    crudeli,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 22.
  • Ða wælhreówan

    funestam,

      38, 20.
of living beings
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  • Wælhreów werod. Cd. Th. 219,

      11; Dan. 53.
  • Hé (

    nero

    ) wælhriów wunode,
      Met. 9, 38.
  • Hé wæs wælhreáw cwellere cristenra manna,

      Homl. Th. ii. 308, 4.
  • Welhrióu

    crudelis,

      Kent. Gl. 367.
  • Irtacus wælreów cyning,

      Apstls. Kmbl. 137; Ap. 69.
  • Wælreów wiga

    a warrior who would not spare his foe.

      Beo. Th. 1262; B. 629.
  • Hé wunaþ wælrǽw deófol,

      Homl. Th. i. 192, 21.
  • Se wæ. hreówa Antecrist,

      6, 16.
  • Se wælhreówa cyning,

      Ðeódríc, Bt. 1; Fox 2, 24.
  • Wælhreówes (

    Nero's

    ) gewéd,
      Met. 9, 5.
  • Ne lǽt ðú on ðæs wælhreówan hond (

    crudeli

    ) ðín geár,
      Past. 36; Swt. 249, 11: Homl. Th. i. 80, 31.
  • Ne mæg ic mínne feónd lufian, ðone ðe ic wælhreówne tógeánes mé geseó,

      54, 31.
  • Ðone wælhreówan feónd ðisse menniscan gecynd[e]. Blickl. Homl. 31, 31.
  • Ðé wælreówe wítum belecgaþ,

      Andr. Kmbl. 2423; An. 1213: Exon. Th. 380, 10; Rä. 1, 6.
  • Ða wælhreówan wyþersacan Annas and Caiphas,

      Nicod. 7; Thw. 3, 32.
  • Earn beheóld wælhreówra wíg,

      Elen. Kmbl. 223; El. 112.
  • Wælreówra (-e, MS.)

    carnificum,

      Hpt. Gl. 483, 60.
  • Ða áne ætwundon ðínum wælhreáwum handum,

      Homl. Th. ii. 308, 25.
  • Hwæt is wælhreówre betwux næddercynne ðonne draca? i. 486, 31.
  • Ðú wælhreówasta wímman,

      Homl. Skt. i. 7, 182.
of things
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  • Ðæt wíf gelýfde his wælhreówum geðeahte,

      Homl. Th. ii. 30, 15.
  • Mid wealhreówre ł deóflícre mihte

    tyrannica potestate,

      Hpt. Gl. 434, 3.
  • Mid wealreówre grimnysse

    crudescente atrocitate,

      515, 23.
  • On þysum wælhreówan cwearterne,

      Nicod. 26; Thw. 15, 1.
  • Forgripen mid wælhreówe (

    crudeli

    ) deáþe,
      Bd. 5, 19; S. 638, 24.
  • Tó þrowienne wælhreówne deáð,

      Homl. Skt. i. 4, 117.
  • Mid wælhreówum dǽdum,

      11, 354.
  • Geþeówode þurh wælhreówe unlaga,

      Wulfst. 158, 14.
Etymology
[Þa welreowen (those who seized Christ), O.E. Homl. i. 229, 25.]
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v. wælgrim.
Linked entries
v.  wæl-rǽw wæl-reów.
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