hreosan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hreusaną, *hrūsaną (to fall down), from Proto-Indo-European *krow- (to fall, beat, break). Cognate with Old High German hriosan, riosan (to fall, rush), Middle High German rūzen (to move hastily and noisily, rush), Old Norse hrjōta (to fall out, jump down, break, burst), Old Norse hrjōða (to fling out, distribute, plunder).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhreːo̯sɑn/, [ˈhreːo̯zɑn]

Verb

hrēosan

  1. to crumble, collapse
  2. to fall
  3. to fall down, fall headlong
  4. to rush

Conjugation

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