Ge-hreósan

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ge-hreósan

Add; I. to fall from an upright position, fall to the ground; of a structure, to fall in ruins :-- Monige weallas mid seofon and fīftegum torran gehruronand gefeóllan (conruerunt), Bd. I. 13 ; Sch. 37, 13. Seó eorde wæs āstyred and on manegum stōwum gehroren (-hropen, Th.) revelata sunt fundamenta orbis terrarum. Ps. Th. 17, 15. la. to fall in battle :-- ꝥ mīne fȳnd on mīnre gesihþe feallan and gereósan (corruant) swā swā gereás (corruit) Golias ætforan Dauides ansȳne, and swā swā gereás and wearþ besenct Faraones folc on þǣre reádan sǣ. . . and swā swā geriás Amaleh ætforan Mōissu . . . Swā feallan and gereósan (cadant) mīne fȳnd under mīnum fōtum, C. D. B. ii. 333. 7-12. II. to fall from a prosperous condition :-- Feallan hī l gehreósan hī (decidant), Ps. L. 5, II. Ðā wæs gehroren sió ūpā-hæfenes Paules, . . . and æfter dǣm hryre hē ongan timbran eádmōdnesse elationis ejus fabrica tota corruerat, et post ruinam suam humilis aedi-ficari requirebat, Past. 443, 29. III. to fall from a higher to a lower level, fall headlong :-- Oft donne se hirde gǣd on frēcne wegas, sió hiord gehrīst cum pastor per abrupta graditur, ad praecipitium grex sequatur, Past. 31, I. Dryhten forlēt hine (Lucifer) of dūne gehreósan, Sal. 458. III a. of strong emotion, e. g. fear, to fall upon :-- Gehreás l onsæt egsa ofer hig incubuit timor super eos, Ps. L. 104, 38. IV. to rush upon, move with violence :-- On gehreósan ingruere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 73. IV a. of inconsiderate action :--Ðonne daelig;t ierre hæfd anwald daelig;s monnes, donne gehrīsd (-hriésd ) hē on sume scylde, Past. 288, 9. ge-hreosan

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