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

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^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.