þreat

== Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *þrautaz, *þrautą. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /θræ͜ɑːt/ === Noun === þrēat m crowd, swarm, throng, troop, army late 9th century, Old English Martyrology violence, force, compulsion, oppression, punishment, retaliation, mistreatment ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Related terms ==== þrēatian þrīetan ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: thræt, thrat, threte, thret English: threat Scots: thret, threte, threit