eldertongue

Old English · noun

reon

Part of speech
noun
IPA
/re͜oːn/
Syllables
re͜oːn (1 syllable)

reon1 · noun

Senses

  1. mourning, lament

    æþelinges dēað · āne hwīle, rēone berēotan.

    The weary women wished to bemoan atheling’s death with weeping for a while, to bewail with mourning.

    Woldan wēriġu wīf · wōpe bimǣnan

reon2 · verb · inflected form

Senses

  1. first/second/third-person plural past indicative of rōwan

  2. Inflected form of rōwan

Etymology

Akin to rēonian.

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