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þrítan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
þrítan, p. te.
to weary
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  • Ðæt folc wearð þrít and þearle geswenct mid ðam síðfæte

    taedere coepit populum itineris ac laboris,

    • Num. 21, 4.
to urge, press, force
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  • Seó wyrd ðe þriétaþ (-eþ?) ða yflan tó wítnianne

    fortuna quae justo supplicio malos coercet,

    • Bt. 40, 2
    • ;
    • Fox 236, 25.
Etymology
[
Icel. þreytask to be exhausted; þreyttr tried, exhausted
:
Dan. træt wearied.
]
Similar entries
v. á-, ǽ-þriétan (-þrítan); þreátian.
Linked entries
v.  þreátian þriétan.
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