þreapian
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *þraupōną (“to punish”), from Proto-Germanic *þrawō (“torment, punishment”), from Proto-Germanic *þrawjaną (“to torment, injure, exhaust”), from Proto-Indo-European *trōw- (“to beat, wound, kill, torment”). Akin to Old English þrēagan (“to rebuke, punish, chastise”), þrēa (“correction, punishment”), þrōwian (“to suffer”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθræːɑpiɑn/
Verb
þrēapian
- to reprove, correct, reprehend
Derived terms
- þrēapung
- þrȳpel, þrīpel
Descendants
- Middle English: thræpen, threpen
- Scots: threpe, threip
- English: threpe, threap