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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 fótum,

    • 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.

  • Ðá 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 tredene,

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

    • 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.

  • Ðú 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.
in figurative senses, glossing Latin words
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  • 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.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “tredan.” 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/30977.

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