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Old English · verb

þreapian

Normalised þrēapian

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 2
IPA
/ˈθræ͜ɑː.pi.ɑn/
Syllables
ˈθræ͜ɑː · pi · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
thrapethreapthreeapthreepthreipthrepthrepetraep

Meaning

  1. to reprove, correct, reprehend

Conjugation

Conjugation of þreapian
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular þrēapiġeþrēapode
2nd singular þrēapastþrēapodest
3rd singular þrēapaþþrēapode
Plural þrēapiaþþrēapodon
Subjunctive
Singular þrēapiġeþrēapode
Plural þrēapiġenþrēapoden
Non-finite forms of þreapian
Form
Infinitive þrēapian
Inflected infinitive þrēapienne
Imperative singular þrēapa
Imperative plural þrēapiaþ
Present participle þrēapiende
Past participle þrēapodġeþrēapod

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þraupōną (“to punish”), from Proto-Germanic *þrawō (“torment, punishment”), from *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”).

Descendants

thrape, threap, threeap, threep, threip, threp, threpe, traep

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