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heófung

  • noun [ feminine ]
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heófung, e; f.
Mourning, lamentation, grieving
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  • Ðonne beóþ heora siblingas tó heófunge geneádode

    then will their relations be forced to mourn,

    • Homl. Th. i. 88, 1.
  • Mid micelre heófunge

    with great lamentation,

    • ii. 516, 59.
  • Biddende forgifennysse mid wópe and heófunge

    asking forgiveness with weeping and lamentation,

    • H. R. 107, 27.
  • On ðære wǽron áwritene heófunga

    scriptæ erant in eo lamentationes,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 48; Som. 49, 8, 9.
  • Ǽr he tó heófungum sóðre behreówsunge gecyrran mǽge

    before he can turn to the lamentations of true repentance,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 124, 13.
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v.  heófing.
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