1 of-hreówan
I. to cause grief or pity (a) impers. with dat. of pers. and gen. of the cause :-- Mé ofhríwþ me miseret, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 37, 24. Ðæs sceápes untrumnesse him ofhreáw (-hreów, MS. F. ), R. Ben. 51, 20. Him of hreow ðæs mannes he was sorry for man, Homl. Th. i. 192, 16. (b) with dat. of pers. and nom. of cause, or a clause introduced by ðæt :-- Ðá ofhreów ðam munece ðæs hreóflian mægenleást the powerlessness of the leper excited the pity of the monk, 336, ll. Mé ofhreów ðæt hí né cúðon ða godspellícan láre, 2, 22. II. to feel pity :-- Se mæssepreóst ðæs mannes of hreów. Swt. A. S. Rdr. 102, 216. lohannes ofhreów ðære méder dreórignysse, Homl. Th. i. 66, 21. of-hreowan