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a-þreótan

  • verb [ strong ]
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a-þreótan, indef. hit aþrýt ; p. -þreát, pl. -þruton ; pp. -þroten.
Wright's OE grammar
§493;
impers.
To weary, irk, displease, be loathsome, irksome to any one; tædere, pigere
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  • Me aþrýt

    it wearies me, I am weary,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 37, 19
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  • Hwí ne lǽte ge eów ðonne aþreótan

    why then let ye [it] not to be loathsome to you?

    • Bt. 32, 2 ; Fox 116, 8
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  • Ne sceal ðæs aþreótan þegn módigne, ðæt he wíslíce woruld fulgonge

    it must not irk therefore an energetic man, that he wisely passes his life,

    • Exon. 92 b; Th. 347, 31
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    • Sch. 21
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  • Hý tó ǽr aþreát, ðæt hý waldendes willan lǽsten

    it too soon displeased them, that they should execute their sovereign's will,

    • 45 a ; Th. 152, 30
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    • Gú. 816
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    • Bt. Met. Fox 29, 82
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    • Met. 29, 40
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pers.
To loathe, dislike, be weary of anything; pertæsum esse
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  • Se cyning wæs aþroten his ællreordre gespræce

    rex pertæsu erat barbaræ loquelæ,

    • Bd. 3, 7 ; S. 530, 4
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v.  a-þreát a-þroten a-þrotsum a-þrýt.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “a-þreótan.” 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/2512.

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