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ge-þreán

  • verb [ weakcontracted ]
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ge-þreán, p. þreáde; pp. -þreád
To reprove, rebuke, afflict, vex, constrain, compel; corripere, increpare, arguere, cogere, affligere, coartare, urgere, vexare
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  • Se ðe him sylfum leofaþ rihtlíce he is ýdel geþreád he who lives for himself is rightly reproved as idle, Homl. Th. ii. 78, 5.Huelc from iúh geþreáþ mec

    quis ex vobis arguit me?

      Jn. Skt. Lind. 8, 46: 16, 18.
  • He geþreáde ðæt wind

    ille increpavit ventum,

      Lk. Skt. Lind. 8, 24: 9, 55.
  • Geþreá hine

    increpa illum,

      17, 3.
  • Ne geþreá me

    neque corripias me,

      Ps. Surt. 37, 2.
  • From giþreándum

    ab increpantibus,

      Rtl. 19, 15.
  • Hú beó ic geþreád

    quomodo coarctor,

      Lk. 12, 50.
  • Ic wæs geþreád ðæt ic ðé sóhte

    I was compelled to seek thee,

      Exon, 70 b; Th. 263, 3; Jul. 344.
  • Egsan geþreád

    afflicted with terror,

    30 b;
      Th. 95, 28; Cri. 1564: 33 b; Th. 106, 22; Gú. 45: Cd. 90; Th. 112, 4; Gen. 1865: 126; Th. 161, 21; Gen. 2668: Andr. Kmbl. 781; An. 391.
  • He náhte his líchoman geweald ac he wæs mid godcundum mægene geþreád

    he had no power over his body, but was afflicted by the divine might,

      Blickl. Homl. 223, 12.
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v.  þreágan.
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