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† ˈrueness Obs.
Forms: 1 hreo(w)nis, -nys, hreu(w)nis, hreawnis, 3–4 reunes(se.
[f. OE. hréowe adj. (see rue v.1).]
1. Repentance.
c950Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. iii. 11 Ic fulwa iuih in wætre in hreonisse [Rushw. hreunisse]. Ibid. xxi. 29 æfter ðon..mid hreawnise ᵹecerred [he] ᵹe-eade. c1000in Thorpe Laws II. 170 æfter his dædbote hreownysse.
2. Pity, compassion.
a1300Cursor M. 3134 Moght na reunes do him reu, þat he ne wald leuer his child cole þan of his lauerd wrath to thole. c1300Havelok 2227 God him wolde wel haue saue, He hauede reunesse of þe knaue. |