Ge-hreówan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-hreówan

p. -hreáw, pl. -hruwon; pp. -hrowen To rue, repent, grieve, pity; pœnitere, dolere, miserere :-- Mec his bysgu gehreáw his affliction grieved me, Exon. 43 a; Th. 144, 31; Gn. 686. Generally impers. hit-hreóweþ, -hrýwþ; p. hit-hreáw It rues, it repents, it grieves, it pities; pœnitet, dolet, miseret; hit-hreáw it grieved :-- Him ðæt gehreówan mæg that may rue them, Cd. 225; Th. 298, 29; Sat. 540. Mec æt heortan gehreáw I repented at heart [lit. it repented me at heart], Exon. 29 b; Th. 91, 18; Cri. 1494 : Cd. 221; Th. 288, 2; Sat. 374. DER. hreówan. ge-hreowan