Be-hreówsian
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - be-hreówsian
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- be-hreówsian
- Add: I. absolute, to repent:--Þǽra behreów sigendra heortan, Hml. Th. i. 550, 32. Ia. with object, to repent of, (a) with acc.:--Þæt þæt wé ágylton, þæt wé nú bereówsiað, Hml. Th. i. 68, 27. Þám þe heora synna behreówsiað, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 17. Behreówsodon, Hml. S. 12, 34. Behreówsian heora yfelan dǽda, Hml. A. 8, 206. (β) with clause:-- Hé behreówsode ꝥ hé swá dyslice dǽde gedyde, Gr. D. 143, 19. II. to pity, compassionate:--Heora earfeða behreówsian, Hml. S. 23, 90. Behreówsiendes compatientis, An. Ox. 5267.