A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary / For the Use of Students

by J. R. Clark Hall

[III.] adj. = hrēoh?

[IV.] = [hrēaw] I. and III.

[ hrēowan²] (often impersonal w. d. pers.) to affect (a person) with regret or contrition, Bo, CP, Gen, LL: distress, grieve, Cr, Gen: (intr.) be penitent, repent, MkL. [‘rue,’ ‘i-rew’]

[ hrēowcearig] † troubled, sad.

[ hrēowende] penitent, LkL (æ). [‘rueing’]

hrēowesung = [hrēowsung]

[ hrēowian] to repent, MkL 1¹⁵.

[ hrēowig] sorrowful, sad, Gen 799.

[ hrēowigferhð] † sad, sorrowful.

[ hrēowigmōd] † sad, sorrowful.