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to press, oppress, afflict
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  • Þæs middaneard is for miclum geswenct and mid manegum earfoðnyssum yfele geþreátod,

      Hml. S. 28, 166.

  • Þeód wæs oflysted metes ... hungre wǽron þearle geþreátod,

      An. 1117.
to press, urge, force to do something
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  • Sua chuá ðec genédes ł geðreátas (

    angariaberit

    ) míle straedena.
      Mt. L. 5, 41.

  • Geþreátod and geníded

    invitus,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 59.
with prep, to force to (
tó) an action
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  • Ðonne ús se deáð tó forðsíðe geðreátað,

      Hml. Th. i. 414, 31.

  • Gif mon ceorles mennen tó nédhǽmde geþreáteð,

      Ll. Th. i. 78, 12.
  • Gif mon wífmon tó niédhǽmde geþreátige, 18.

  • Þæt hí ðá crístenan tó heora mánfullum offrungum geðreátodon,

      Hml. Th. i. 434, 5.
with clause
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  • Nǽfre þú geþreátast þínum beótum, ne wíta þæs fela gegearwast, þæt ic þeódscipe þínne lufie,

      Jul. 176.
to repress.
the object a person,
restrain, correct
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  • Þone earman ne magon his iermða geðreátigan and geeáðmédan

    pauperis elationem nec illata paupertas inclinat,

      Past. 183, 15.

  • Ðá ðe beóð swá áheardode on unryhtwísnesse ðæt hí mon ne mæg mid nánre ðreáunge geðreátian (cf. mid nánre swingellan gebétan

    neque per flagella corrigere, 9) qui flagella contemnunt,

      263, 5.

  • Swelce sió geðyld hæbbe ðæt mód geðreátod and gecafstrod

    quando animum patientia intra se frenare compellit,

      218, 22.
the object a thing
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  • Swá se lég wearð geðreátod þurh Sanctes Martines gebedu ꝥ hé nǽnigum óðrum ærne sceþþan ne mihte,

      Bl. H. 221, 15.

  • Wæteregesa sceal geþýd and geþreátod liþra wyrðan,

      An. 436.
to rebuke, reprove
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  • Geðreátas ł forcýðas increpat, Mt. p. 19, 11:

    arguit,

    12.

  • Giðreátað,

      Jn. R. 8, 46.

  • Geðreádas,

      Lk. p. 6, 15.

  • Geðreadade

    increpauit,

      Mt. L. 8, 26: 20, 31.

  • Geðreátadon,

      19, 13.

  • Giðreáta (geðreát, L.)

    increpa,

      Lk. R. 19, 39.

  • Geðreádtaige

    increpare,

      Mk. L. 8, 32.

  • Ðæt se earma úpáhafena sié mid his wordum geðreátod and gescended

    ne in paupere elationem feriat,

      Past. 183, 14.

  • Geðreátad

    increpata.

      Lk. p. 6, 9.

  • Bið geðreátad

    arguitur,

      Mk. p. 4, 2. ¶ strongforms of the participle occur in the Lindisfarne Gospels :-- Wéron geðreátne, Mt. L. 20, 31.

  • Wéron geðreáten

    increpantur,

      Mk. p. 3, 15.

  • Geðreátnum

    increpatis,

      2, 17.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-þreátian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/50144.

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