þreotan
Old English
Alternative forms
- āþrēotan
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *þreutan (“to harass, to weary”).
Cognate with Old Saxon thriotan, Dutch verdrieten, German verdrießen, Old Norse þrjóta (Icelandic þrjóta, Swedish tryta). Related to o-grade iterative verb Old English þrēatian (“to threaten, to push”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθre͜oː.tɑn/
Verb
þrēotan
- to weary; to make or become weary
- Shrn. 188, 20.
- Ic ðē bydde ðæt ðē ne ðrēote, ne ðū ða sprēce ðǣr ne forlēte
- I pray thee that it may not weary thee, and that thou do not leave the conversation there
- Shrn. 188, 20.
Usage notes
Used impersonally to suggest personal weariness.
Conjugation
Conjugation of þrēotan (strong class 2)
infinitive | þrēotan | þrēotenne |
---|---|---|
indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | — | — |
second person singular | — | — |
third person singular | þrīett, þrīet | þrēat |
plural | — | — |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | þrēote | þrute |
plural | — | — |
imperative | ||
singular | — | |
plural | — | |
participle | present | past |
þrēotende | (ġe)þroten |
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “þreotan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.