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Old English Dictionary Entry

Hreóh

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1 hreóh

n. Roughness of weather, storm, tempest :-- Flód l hréh miððý áwarþ inundatione facta, Lk. Skt. Lind. 6, 48. Sumne sceal hungor áhíðan sumne sceal hreóh fordrífan famine shall waste one man, a storm drive another to destruction, Exon. 87 a; Th. 328, 10; Vy. 15. Ic bíde ðæs beornes ðe mé bóte eft mindóm and mægenes hreóh expectabam eum, qui me salvum faceret a pusillo animo et tempestate, Ps. Th. 54, 7.
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ᚻᚱᛖᚩᚻ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Exon.
Exeter Book
Lk.
Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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