hreow

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hreːow/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *hriwwiz.

Alternative forms

  • hrēowe

Adjective

hrēow

  1. sad
  2. repentant

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *hrewwō.

Noun

hrēow f

  1. grief
    • Beowulf
      Þæt wæs Hroðgare hreowa tornost
      For Hrothgar that was the heaviest sorrow
  2. repentance

Declension

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