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单词 þreotan
释义

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

  1. 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

Usage notes

Used impersonally to suggest personal weariness.

Conjugation

References

  • Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), þreotan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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