Old English · verb

þreotan

Normalised þrēotan

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: strong class II
IPA: /ˈθre͜oː.tɑn/
Syllables: ˈθre͜oː · tɑn (2 syllables)

Meaning

to weary; to make or become weary

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.

Conjugation

Conjugation of þreotan
Indicative
	Present	Past
3rd singular	þrīett þrīet	þrēat
Subjunctive
Singular	þrēote	þrute

Non-finite forms of þreotan
	Form
Infinitive	þrēotan
Inflected infinitive	þrēotenne
Present participle	þrēotende
Past participle	þroten ġeþroten

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”).

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