v. Obs. For forms see RUE v. [:—OE. ofhreowan: see OF- pref. and RUE v.]
1. intr. To be sorry, to feel regret, compassion or pity. Const. in OE. with genitive, represented in later times by of.
c. 1000. Ælfric, Hom. (Sweet, Reader, 102). Se mæssepréost ðǽs mannes ofhréow.
c. 1302. Pol. Songs, 188. The commun of Bruges ful sore con arewe.
a. 1400. E. E. Misc. (1855), 3. Of thy ruthe I wold a-ruwe.
2. trans. (i.e., with simple object repr. orig. genitive). To be sorry for, regret, rue; to have compassion on, pity.
c. 1220. Leg. St. Kath., 1379. Þe deore Drihtin areaw us.
c. 1300. Harrow. Hell, 29. Jhesu Christ arew hem sore.
c. 1430. Freemasonry, 338. That poynt thou schal never arewe.
3. impers. It grieves, vexes, troubles (one).
a. 1230. Juliana, 35. Me areoweð þi sar.
c. 1320. Pol. Songs, 240. Ȝet hym shulde arewen Of the arrerage.
c. 1430. Freemasonry, 90. Hyt shal hym never thenne arewe.
