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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
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    • Th. 263, 3
      • ;
    • Jul. 344.

  • Egsan geþreád

    afflicted with terror,

    • 30 b
      • ;
    • Th. 95, 28
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    • Cri. 1564: 33 b
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    • Th. 106, 22
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    • Gú. 45: Cd. 90
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    • Th. 112, 4
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    • Gen. 1865: 126
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    • Th. 161, 21
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    • 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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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-þreán.” 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/16506.

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