hreoh

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hreuhaz (“bad, wild”), from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂- (“raw meat, fresh blood”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xre͜oːx/, [r̥e͜oːx]

Adjective

hrēoh (superlative hrēohost)

1. rough, fierce, savage (of weather)
2. tempestuous, disturbed, worried (of mind)
   • Exeter Book, The Wanderer

     Ne mæg werig mod · wyrde wiðstondan,
     ne se hreo hyge · helpe gefremman.

     A weary mind cannot withstand fate,
     nor the worried mind help out.

Declension

Declension of hrēoh — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hrēoh	hrēo	hrēoh
Accusative	hrēone, hrēonne	hrēo	hrēoh
Genitive	hrēos	hrēore, hrēorre	hrēos
Dative	hrēom, hrēoum	hrēore, hrēorre	hrēom, hrēoum
Instrumental	hrēo	hrēore, hrēorre	hrēo
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hrēo	hrēo	hrēo
Accusative	hrēo	hrēo	hrēo
Genitive	hrēora, hrēorra	hrēora, hrēorra	hrēora, hrēorra
Dative	hrēom, hrēoum	hrēom, hrēoum	hrēom, hrēoum
Instrumental	hrēom, hrēoum	hrēom, hrēoum	hrēom, hrēoum

Declension of hrēoh — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hrēo	hrēo	hrēo
Accusative	hrēon	hrēon	hrēo
Genitive	hrēon	hrēon	hrēon
Dative	hrēon	hrēon	hrēon
Instrumental	hrēon	hrēon	hrēon
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hrēon	hrēon	hrēon
Accusative	hrēon	hrēon	hrēon
Genitive	hrēora, hrēorra, hrēona	hrēora, hrēorra, hrēona	hrēora, hrēorra, hrēona
Dative	hrēom, hrēoum	hrēom, hrēoum	hrēom, hrēoum
Instrumental	hrēom, hrēoum	hrēom, hrēoum	hrēom, hrēoum

Descendants

• Middle English rei, reh, reoh
  • English ree

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “HREÓH”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.