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tredan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
tredan, p. træd, pl, trǽdon; pp. treden.
Wright's OE grammar
§80; §93; §196; §298; §505;
to tread, tread down, trample upon (lit. and fig. )
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  • Ðú trides

    (canculcabis)

    lean and dracan,
      Ps. Surt. 90, 13.
  • Hé trit mid ðæm fét

    terit pede,

      Past. 47; Swt. 357, 20.
  • Hwílum mec (an animal's skin) brýd triedeþ (Stum, Exon. Th. 393, 27;)

    Ra.

      13, 6.
  • Mé man tredeþ

    conculcavit me homo,

      Ps. Th. 55, l: Cd. Th. 56, 15; Gen. 912.
  • Mé tredaþ feóndas mine,

      Ps. Th. 55, 2: Exon. Th. 119, 23; Gú. 259.
  • Ð á hét ic ðone here ðæt hié mid fótum ðone snáw trǽdon

    calcare militem niuem jubeo,

      Nar. 23, 18: Jos. 10, 24.
  • Ða ðe mé trǽdan

    canculcantes me.

      Ps. Th. 56, 3.
  • Ðæt hig hine trǽdun,

      Lk. Skt. 12, 1.
  • Trédun

    proterunt,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 2.
  • Fótum tre*-*dene,

      Bd. 3, 22; S. 552, 15.
  • Ia. with prep.

    Anweald tó tredenne ofer snacan

    potestatem calcandi supra scorpiones,

      Lk. Skt. 10, 19.
to tread upon, step upon, walk upon
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  • Ðonne ic hrúsan trede, Exon. Th. 389, 22;

    Ra.

      8, 1.
  • Hió grundbedd trideþ, 493, 3;

    Ra.

      81, 24, Se ðe mórland trydeþ, Elen. Kmbl. 1221; El. 612.
  • Se fótum tredeþ fiðru winda

    qui ambulat super pennas ventornm,

      Ps. Th. 103, 4.
  • Ða ðe land tredaþ

    those that move upon the earth

    (Gen.
      I. 28), Cd. Th. 13, 16; Gen. 203.
  • Trædaþ,

      Exon. Th. 439, 5 ; Ra. 58, 5.
  • Ð ú flettpaðas míne trǽde,

      Cd. Th. 165, 12; Gen. 2730.
  • Hé wræclástas træd. Beo. Th. 2709; B. 1352.
  • Meodowongas træd,

      3291; B. 1643.
  • Mearh moldan træd,

      Elen. Kmbl. 109; El. 55.
  • Forð gán, foldweg tredan,

      Andr. Kmbl. 1550; An. 776.
  • Gewát him se hearda sǽwong tredan,

      Beo. Th. 3933 ; B. 1964.
  • Tredan elþeódigra foldan,

      Exon. Th. 329, 4; Vy. 29.
  • Ic seah turf tredan . vi. gebróðor,

      394, 10; Ra. 14, 1.
  • Ðú (the serpent) scealt ðínum breóstum bearm tredan brádre eorðan, faran féðeleás, Cd. Th. 56, 4 ; Gen. 907. III. in figurative senses, glossing Latin words :-- Sáwl gefylled trytt (calcabit; tret, Kent, Gl. 1015) beóbreád

    the full soul loatheth an honeycomb

    (Prov.
      27, 7), Scint. 50, 8.
  • Tredaþ

    terimus (otia temporum).

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 78, 12.
Etymology
[O. Frs. treda: O. L. Ger. tredan: O. H. Ger. tretan: Icel. troða. Cf. Goth. trudan.]
Similar entries
v. a-, be-, for-, ge-, of-, ofer-, tó-tredan; sin-tredende, and following words.
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