单词 | birewe |
释义 | † birewev. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To repent of, rue; also impersonal. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > repentance or contrition > repent (sin, wrongdoing, etc.) [verb (transitive)] bireusyc1000 birewec1175 ruea1200 repenta1325 sorrya1450 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 4506 Wha se maȝȝ..innwarrdliȝ bireowenn itt. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xii. 250 Þough þe riche..birewe þe tyme Þat euere he gadered so grete and gaf..so litel. 2. To feel sorry for, pity (a person). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > feel pity for [verb (transitive)] bireusyc1000 ruea1200 aruec1220 meanc1225 birewea1300 pity?a1475 compassionate1598 passionate1638 a1300 in Wright Pop. Treat. Sc. 137 Thu makest the se [= so] heȝ her, and noman nelt bi-rue. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 253 Y schal neuere birewe ȝou. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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