Hreów-ness

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hreów-ness

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words:

Definitions

1 hreów-ness

f. Penitence, repentance, sorrow, contrition :-- Æfter his dǽdbóte hreównysse post pœnitentiæ contritionem, L. Ecg. P. Th. ii. 170, 13, Hreównisse [hréunisse, Rush.] pœnitentiam, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 11, 21. Hreónisse, 3, 8. Hreáwnise, 21, 29: Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 12. Hreóunisse pœnitentia, Rtl. 8, 33. hreow-ness

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚱᛖᚩᚹ-ᚾᛖᛋᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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