† i-rewv.
Obsolete.
To rue, repent: often impersonal.
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society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > repentance or contrition > be repentant or contrite [verb (intransitive)]
rueOE
i-rewOE
ofthinkOE
again-chareOE
reusieOE
overthinkc1175
beetc1200
it athinks me1250
to do (also make, etc.) (one's) penancea1300
(it) forthinks (me, him, etc.)a1300
repentc1300
forthinkc1380
remordc1450
repoin1523
remorse1530
to take the rue1789
society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > penitence > be penitent [verb (intransitive)]
i-rewOE
reusieOE
to do (also make, etc.) (one's) penancea1300
repentc1300
OE Crist III 1493 Nu is swærra mid mec þinra synna rod þe ic unwillum on beom gefæstnad, þonne seo oþer wæs þe ic ær gestag, willum minum, þa mec þin wea swiþast æt heortan gehreaw.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 20529 I rewed hit me [Vesp., Gött. It reud me] & for-þuȝt hit sare.
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