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tredan

(v.)
Grammar
tredan, p. træd, pl, trǽdon; pp. treden.

to treadtread downtrample uponto tread uponstep uponwalk upon

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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.

tredan

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add: to press with the foot, hold the foot on something Hé worhte him áne anlícnesse þe ... mid ðáre swíðran hand þone hwǽte hlód, and mid þám winstran fét þá mittan træd, Ap. Th. 10, 13

a-tredan

(v.)
Grammar
a-tredan, p. -træd, pl. -trǽdon ; pp. -treden

To treadtwist from or outextortextorquere

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To tread, twist from or out, extort; extorquere Atred him ða giltas út extort his sins from him, L. De Cf. 3; Th. ii. 260, 21

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tó-tredan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-tredan, p. -træd, pl. -trǽdon; pp. -treden

To tread to piecestrample upon

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To tread to pieces, trample upon Tetridtid defecit, Txts. 56, 344. Tetridit disicit (deficit?), 57, 654. Tetreþ desicit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 21. Sum of þe sede werð totreden, O. E. Homl. i. 133, 22. Heo hit totreden mid horsen, Laym. 26771. Sixti hundred

Linked entry: te-treþ

be-tredan

(v.)
Grammar
be-tredan, p. -træd, pl. -trǽdon; pp. -treden

To tread upon, coverconculcare

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To tread upon, cover; conculcare Þýstru betredaþ me tenebræ conculcabunt me, Ps. Spl. C. 138, 10

ofer-tredan

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Flíhð ǽlc hors áfǽred ðurh ðá ylpas, and gif him hwá wiðstent hé byð sóna ofertreden (oftreden, v. l. ], Hex. 16, 14. Add

ofer-tredan

(v.)

to trample upon, tread under foot

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to trample upon, tread under foot Se geleáfa ofertret ðæt deófolgyld/ fides conculcat idolatriam, Prud. 9 a. Seó gýtsung manega ofertret avaritia multos sternit, 58 a. Seó rúmgyfolnes ða gýtsunge mid cneówum and mid fótum ofertræd largitas avaritiam

for-tredan

(v.)
Grammar
for-tredan, ðú -tretst, -trydst, -trytst; p. -træd, pl. -trǽdon; pp. -treden

To tread upontread under footconculcārecalcāre

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To tread upon, tread under foot; conculcāre, calcāre Ðæt ðú cunne fortredan ðas woruld that thou mayest tread down this world, Homl. Th.ii. 392, 34. Ic fortrede conculco, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 43. Fortretst ðú ða woruldlícan styrunga thou wilt tread

ge-tredan

(v.)

to tread downconculcare

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to tread down; conculcare Ðý læs hia getrede ða ilco miþ fótum hiora ne forte conculcent eas pedibus suis, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 7, 6. Getreden biþ conculcetur, 5, 13: Lk. Skt. Lind. 8, 5

for-tredan

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Contrivit geþrǽste minuit fortræd, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 80. Ꝥte hiá ne fortrédon (-un, R.) hine ne compremerent eum, Mk. L. 3, 9. Add

of-tredan

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Add: literal Gif ðám ylpum hwá wiðstent, hé byð sóna oftreden, Hex. 16, 14. figurative Míne fýnd . . . oftreden (conculcent) on eorðan mín líf, Ps. Th. 7, 5. Ne lǽt þú mé oftredan þá ofermódan under heora fótum non veniat mihi pes superbiae, 35, 11.

of-tredan

(v.)

to tread down, trample upon, injure or destroy by treading

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to tread down, trample upon, injure or destroy by treading:— - Ða ýða árison ac Drihten hí oftræd . . . Ðeáh ðe árleáse woruldmenn áríson ongeán ús swá ðeáh Crist oftret heora heáfod, Homl. Th. ii. 388, 18-22. lii hit oftræd and hié tó loman gerénode

Linked entry: of-steppan

te-

(prefix)
Grammar
te-, v. te-flówan, -tredan, -weorpan given under tó-flówan, -tredan, -weorpan. [O. Frs. te-, ti-: O. H. Ger. za-, ze-, zi-.]

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treddan

(v.)
Grammar
treddan, p. de.

to tread under foottrample upon to investigateexamine

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to tread under foot, trample upon Treddun proterunt, Txts. 84, 749. to investigate, examine, v. á-treddan Weorð mé heorte forht ðǽr ic ðín hálig word tredde ii verbis tuis formidavit cor meum, Ps. Th. 118, 161

Linked entry: a-treddan

trendan

(v.)

to turnroll

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to turn, roll. v. sin-trendende teres, but perhaps sin-tredende should be read, see tredan = terere

Linked entries: trinda trandan

tredend

(n.)
Grammar
tredend, es; m.

One who treads

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One who treads Tredend calcatrix, Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 42

tréwan

Grammar
tréwan, . treówan.

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treddan

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trendan

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Se æppel nǽfre þæs feorr ne trenddeð (trendleð?) hé cýð hwanon hé cóm pomum licet ab arbore igitur unde reuoluitur tamen prouidit unde nascitur, Angl. i. 285. Add

treddian

(v.)
Grammar
treddian, p. ode

To treadstepwalk

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To tread, step, walk Raþe æfter ðon on flór feónd treddode, Beo. Th. 1455; B. 725. Cyning of brýdbúre tryddode, 1848; B. 922. Hié of ðam grimman gryre treddedon, Cd. Th. 243, 21; Dan. 439. Streámas ðú miht on treddian eorðan gelíce flumina pertransivit

Linked entry: tryddian