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tregian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
tregian, p. ode
To vex, trouble, afflict, grieve
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  • Gif gé on unriht ne tregiaþ ne earme ne tyrewiaþ (

    if ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow,

      Jer. 7, 6), Wulfst. 50, 2.
  • Ða ðe tregiaþ mé

    qui tribulant me,

      Ps. Spl. T. 3, 1.
Etymology
[Eall þis wæs God mid to gremienne and ðás arme leóde mid to tregienre, Chr. 1104; Erl. 239, 40. Quað Balaam: ' For ðu tregest me, ' Gen. and Ex. 3975. þai traied þe ex*-*acerbaverunt te. Ps. 5, ll. O. Sax. tregan to trouble: Icel. trega to grieve.]
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v. tin-tregian.
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