Participles
| Present | hrēosende |
| Past | (ġe)hroren |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | hrēose |
| 2nd sing. | hrīest |
| 3rd sing. | hrīest |
| 1st plur. | hrēosaþ |
| 2nd plur. | hrēosaþ |
| 3rd plur. | hrēosaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | hrēas |
| 2nd sing. | hrure |
| 3rd sing. | hrēas |
| 1st plur. | hruron |
| 2nd plur. | hruron |
| 3rd plur. | hruron |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | hrēose |
| 2nd sing. | hrēose |
| 3rd sing. | hrēose |
| 1st plur. | hrēosen |
| 2nd plur. | hrēosen |
| 3rd plur. | hrēosen |
Past
| 1st sing. | hrure |
| 2nd sing. | hrure |
| 3rd sing. | hrure |
| 1st plur. | hruren |
| 2nd plur. | hruren |
| 3rd plur. | hruren |
Imperative
| Singular | hrēos |
| Plural | hrēosaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'hreosan'
hreosan,
Verbs similar to 'hreosan'
dreosan,
freosan,
greosan,
hreodan,
hreowan,
behreosan,
bihreosan,
breotan,
breowan,
breoþan,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hreusan, from Proto-Germanic *hreusaną (“to fall down”). Cognate with Old High German riosan. See: Proto-Germanic '
*hreusaną', Old High German 'riosan'.
Sample Sentences
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baþian brimfuglas, · brǣdan feþra,
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hrēosan hrīm ond snāw, · hagle ġemenġed. (the sea-birds bathe, spread their feathers,
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frost and snow fall, mingled with hail.) [10th century, The Wanderer:]
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Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
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...ðā ðā hǣðenan āhēowon þæt trēow mid ormǣtre blisse, þæt hit brastliende sāh tō ðām hālgan were, hetelīċe swīðe. Þā worhte hē onġēan ðām hrēosendum trēowe þǣs Hǣlendes rōde tācn, and hit ðǣrrihte ætstōd, wende ðā onġēan, and hrēas underbæc, and fornēan offēoll ðā ðe hit ǣr forcurfon. (Then the heathens cut down the tree with great joy, so that, rustling, it fell towards the holy man very violently. Then he made the sign of the Savior's cross to the falling tree, and it immediately stood still, turned around, and fell down backwards, and almost fell upon those who had previously cut it.)
Cognates
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