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单词 bireusy
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bireusyv.

Forms: Old English behréowsian, Middle English bireusien, Middle English bireowsen, Orm. bireowwsenn, birewwsenn, bi-, byreusy(e.
Etymology: Old English behréowsian, < be- prefix + hréowsian to be sorry: compare Middle High German beriuwesen, beriusen to be sorry for.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To be sorry for, repent of (a sin, etc.)
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the mind > emotion > compassion > feel pity for [verb (transitive)]
bireusyc1000
ruea1200
aruec1220
meanc1225
birewea1300
pity?a1475
compassionate1598
passionate1638
society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > repentance or contrition > repent (sin, wrongdoing, etc.) [verb (transitive)]
bireusyc1000
birewec1175
ruea1200
repenta1325
sorrya1450
c1000 Ælfric Gram. xxxiii. 207 Pœnitere, behréowsjan.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 97 Þa þet heore sunnan bireusiað.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 13631 Birewwseþþ inn hiss herrte..hiss missdede.
c1315 Shoreham 43 Ac senne..To bi-reusy he proveth.
2. To feel sorry for, have pity on (a person).
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c1275 Sinners Beware 341 in Old Eng. Misc. 83 Þe milde and þe clene..Nulleþ heo neuer ene By-reusy ne bimene.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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