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Old English · verb

aþreotan

Normalised āþrēotan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class II
IPA
/ɑːˈθre͜oː.tɑn/
Syllables
ɑː · ˈθre͜oː · tɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
annoyingbore

Meaning

  1. to be annoying, to be loathsome

    Gospels Th. 152, 30

    it too soon displeased them, that they should execute their sovereign's will

  2. to weary

    Ælfric's Grammar 33

    it wearies me, I am weary

  3. to bore

    Iċ onġiete þæt iċ þē hæbbe āþrotenne mid þȳ langan spelle, for þon þē lyst nū lēoða.

    I see I've bored you with that long argument, since you want poems now.

    late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy

Conjugation

Conjugation of aþreotan
PresentPast
Indicative
3rd singular āþrīettāþrīetāþrēat
Subjunctive
Singular āþrēoteāþrute
Non-finite forms of aþreotan
Form
Infinitive āþrēotan
Inflected infinitive āþrēotenne
Present participle āþrēotende
Past participle āþroten

All forms (9)

Etymology

ā- (intensive prefix) + þrēotan (“weary, annoy”). Cognate with Old Saxon thriotan, athriotan, Dutch verdrieten, German verdrießen and Old Norse þrjóta (whence also Icelandic þrjóta and Swedish tryta). Related to o-grade iterative verb Old English þrēatian (“to threaten, to push”).

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