Old English · verb
hrieman
Normalised hrīeman
- Part of speech
- verb
- Verb class
- weak class 1
- IPA
- /ˈxri͜yː.mɑn/[ˈr̥i͜yː.mɑn]
- Syllables
- ˈxri͜yː · mɑn (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- bragyellscreamshout
Meaning
-
to yell, shout, scream
Sē lǣċe ċierfþ oþþe bærnþ, and sē untruma hrīemþ, þēah hwæðre ne miltsaþ hē þæs ōðres wānunge, for þon þe ġif sē lǣċe ġeswīcþ his cræftes, þonne losaþ sē forwunoda.
The surgeon cuts or burns, and the patient screams, yet the surgeon doesn't give in to the patient's cries, because if he lets up from his task, the patient will die.
late 10th c., Ælfric of Eynsham, "The Passion of St. Bartholomew the Apostle" -
to lament
-
to boast, brag
Conjugation
All forms (17)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hraumijan, derived from *hraum, whence Old English hrēam.
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