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Old English · adjective

dreorighleor

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈdre͜oː.rijˌxle͜oːr/
[ˈdre͜oː.rijˌl̥e͜oːr]
Syllables
ˈdre͜oː · rij · ˌxle͜oːr (3 syllables)
Modern English
sad-facedfaced

Meaning

  1. sad-faced

    ferede in forðweġe; · sumne fugel ōþbær ofer hēanne holm; · sumne sē hāra wulf dēaðe ġedǣlde, · sumne drēoriġhlēor in eorðsċræfe · eorl ġehȳdde.

    proud by the wall. The war took away some men, carried into the forth-way; a bird bore away someone over deep sea; the grey wolf shared someone with death; a sad-faced warrior hid someone in earthen cave.

    wlonc bī wealle. · Sume wīġ fornōm,

Etymology

From drēoriġ (“sad”) + hlēor (“face”).

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