Hreów-

According to the Old English Dictionary:

hríw-líc;

hreów-

adj. Grievous, miserable, pitiful, sad :-- Hreówlíc calamitosus, Hpt. Gl. 518. His wíf wyrþe wydewe hreówlíc fiat uxor ejus vidua, Ps. Th. 108, 9. Wálá ðǽt wæs hreówlíc síþ alas! that was a miserable thing, 1057; Erl. 192, 20. Wé geseóþ ðæt wé elles hrýwlícum deáþe forwurþan sceolon we see that otherwise we shall perish by a miserable death, St. And. 36, 7. [Laym. reowlich: R. Glouc. rewlich.] hreow-,hreow