hreoh
Old English
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *hreuhaz (“bad, wild”), from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂- (“raw meat, fresh blood”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
edithrēoh
- rough, fierce, savage (of weather)
- tempestuous, disturbed, worried (of mind)
- Exeter Book, The Wanderer
- Ne mæg werig mod · wyrde wiðstondan,
ne se hreo hyge · helpe gefremman.- A weary mind cannot withstand fate,
nor the worried mind help out.
- A weary mind cannot withstand fate,
- Exeter Book, The Wanderer
Declension
editDeclension of hrēoh — Strong
Declension of hrēoh — Weak
Descendants
editReferences
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “HREÓH”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.