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单词 birewe
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birewev.

Forms: Middle English bireowen, birewen, Middle English birue, Middle English birewe, Middle English biriwe.
Etymology: Middle English bireowen , birewen , < bi-, be- prefix 4 + reowen, rewen < Old English hréowan to rue v.1
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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