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ge-þreátian

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-þreátian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [þreátian to urge, press]
To urge, oppress, threaten, rebuke, compel, restrain, afflict, torment; urgēre, cōgĕre, afflīgĕre, trībŭlēre
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  • Ne meaht ðú mec geþreátian ðé to gesingan

    thou canst not compel me to be thy wife,

    • Exon. 66 b
      • ;
    • Th. 245, 33
      • ;
    • Jul. 54.

  • On yrre ðú folc geþreátast

    in ira populos confringes,

    • Ps. Th. 55, 6: Exon. 68 a
      • ;
    • Th. 253, 6
      • ;
    • Jul. 176.

  • Se snáw hý geþreátaþ

    the snow oppresseth them,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 607
      • ;
    • Sal. 303.

  • Geþýd and geþreátod

    rebuked and threatened,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 871
      • ;
    • An. 436: 2231
      • ;
    • An. 1117: Elen. Kmbl. 1387
      • ;
    • El. 695.

  • Hungre geþreátad

    oppressed by hunger,

    • Exon. 46 a
      • ;
    • Th. 157, 8
      • ;
    • Gú. 888.

  • Ðæt geþreátade mód biþ suíðe raðe gehwierfed to fióunga

    the rebuked mind will very soon be turned to hatred,

    • Past. 21
      • ;
    • Swt. 167, 13
      • ;
    • Hat. MS.

  • Hie hine hæfdon geþreátodne mid fýrenum racentum ðæt he ne móste gecweðan 'Miltsa me God'

    they had restrained him with fiery chains from saying 'Have mercy on me, O God!'

    • Blickl. Homl. 43, 30: 221, 15.

  • Geþreátad

    coactus,

    • Mt. Kmbl. p. 8, 1.

  • Petrus ongan giþreátiga hine

    Petrus coepit increpare eum,

    • Mk. Skt. Rush. 8, 32: Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 8, 26: 20, 31.

  • Sóna geþreátade þegnas his

    statim coegit discipulos suos,

    • Mk. Skt. Rush. 6, 45.
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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/16507.

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