hreowlic

Old English

Etymology

From hrēow +‎ -līċ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxre͜oːw.liːt͡ʃ/, [ˈr̥e͜oːw.liːt͡ʃ]

Adjective

hrēowlīċ

1. grievous, pitiful, sad, wretched, cruel, lamentable, hapless, miserable

Declension

Declension of hrēowlīċ — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hrēowlīċ	hrēowlīċ, hrēowlīċu, hrēowlīċo	hrēowlīċ
Accusative	hrēowlīcne	hrēowlīċe	hrēowlīċ
Genitive	hrēowlīċes	hrēowlīcre	hrēowlīċes
Dative	hrēowlīċum	hrēowlīcre	hrēowlīċum
Instrumental	hrēowlīċe	hrēowlīcre	hrēowlīċe
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hrēowlīċe	hrēowlīċa, hrēowlīċe	hrēowlīċ, hrēowlīċu, hrēowlīċo
Accusative	hrēowlīċe	hrēowlīċa, hrēowlīċe	hrēowlīċ, hrēowlīċu, hrēowlīċo
Genitive	hrēowlīcra	hrēowlīcra	hrēowlīcra
Dative	hrēowlīċum	hrēowlīċum	hrēowlīċum
Instrumental	hrēowlīċum	hrēowlīċum	hrēowlīċum

Declension of hrēowlīċ — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hrēowlīċa	hrēowlīċe	hrēowlīċe
Accusative	hrēowlīċan	hrēowlīċan	hrēowlīċe
Genitive	hrēowlīċan	hrēowlīċan	hrēowlīċan
Dative	hrēowlīċan	hrēowlīċan	hrēowlīċan
Instrumental	hrēowlīċan	hrēowlīċan	hrēowlīċan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hrēowlīċan	hrēowlīċan	hrēowlīċan
Accusative	hrēowlīċan	hrēowlīċan	hrēowlīċan
Genitive	hrēowlīcra, hrēowlīċena	hrēowlīcra, hrēowlīċena	hrēowlīcra, hrēowlīċena
Dative	hrēowlīċum	hrēowlīċum	hrēowlīċum
Instrumental	hrēowlīċum	hrēowlīċum	hrēowlīċum

Descendants

• Middle English: reweliche, rewely, rewly, ruly
  • English: ruly

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “hreówlic”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.