† rure Obs.
Forms: 1 hryre, 2 rere, 3 rure.
[OE. hryre, f. hrur-, hrus-, weak grade of hréosan reose v.]
Fall; ruin.
| Beowulf 1681 Hit on æht ᵹehwearf æfter deofla hryre. c 888 K. ælfred Boeth. xvi. §4 We witon..hwilce hryras..se unrihtwisa kasere Neron weorhte. c 1000 ælfric Hom. I. 144 Þis cild is ᵹesett maneᵹum mannum to hryre. c 1160 Hatton Gosp. Mark v. 13 On mycelen rere se heord warð on sæ bescofen. a 1250 Owl & Night. 1154 Þu singst aȝen eiȝte lure, Oþer of summe frondes rure. |