Reónig

Old English Dictionary Entry

Reónig

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: preceding word. reonig

Definitions

1 reónig

adj. Mournful, sad, gloomy, weary :-- Á mín hige sorgaþ reónig reóteþ and geresteþ nó ever hath my heart care, mournful laments and hath not rest, Elen. Kmbl. 2163; El. 1083. Hé ðǽr þreó métte in ðam reónian hofe (in the hole in which they were buried) róda ætsomne greóte begrauene, 1664; El. 834. In ðam reóngan hám in that gloomy dwelling (hell), Exon. Th. 274, 8; Jul. 530.

Runic Inscription

ᚱᛖᚩᚾᛁᚷ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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