Hreów-líce

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hreów-líce

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: Miserably, cruelly, grievously

Definitions

1 hreów-líce

ad :-- Ða ðe swá hreówlíce ácwealde wǽron crudeliter interemptos, Bd. 1, 15; S. 484, 3: Chr. 1036; Erl. 164, 35. Blǽdran swíðe hreówlíce berstende blisters bursting very painfully, Ors. 1, 7; Swt. 38, 7. Mágon hie swá hreówlíce wépan swá gé mágon ðara óðra blíþelíce hlihhan, 3, 7; Swt. 120, 6. Earme menn sindon hreówlíce besyrwde poor men are grievously ensnared, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 106, 47. Hreówlíce gefærþ seðe hine sylfne ðus forþ forscyldigaþ and gesǽlig biþ hé ðeáh ... miserably does he fare who thus continues to incur guilt; and yet he will be happy ..., L. Pen. 12; Th. ii. 280, 28: Chr. 1096; Erl. 233, 22. hreow-lice,hreowlice

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚱᛖᚩᚹ-ᛚᛁᚳᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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