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þrece

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
þrece, es; m.
Force, oppression; the result of oppression, weariness, exhaustion
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  • Ðǽr synt tó sorge ætsomne gemenged se þrosma (þrosmiga. Wulfst, 138, 26) líg and se þrece gicela

    there to their sorrow are mingled together the stifling flame and the violence of cold;

    frigora mista simul ferventibus algida flammis,

    • Dom. L. 191.
  • Hneppade sáwle mín for ðrece

    dormitavit anima men prae taedio,

    • Ps. Lamb. 118, 28.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. wápan-threki force of arms
:
Icel. þrekr; m.; þrek; n. strength, fortitude; þrekinn enduring; þrekaðr wearied, exhausted.
]
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v. þracu.
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