þreotan

== Old English == === Alternative forms === āþrēotan === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *þreutan (“to harass, to weary”). Cognate with Old Saxon thriotan, Dutch verdrieten, German verdrießen, Old Norse þrjóta (Icelandic þrjóta, Swedish tryta). Related to o-grade iterative verb Old English þrēatian (“to threaten, to push”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈθre͜oː.tɑn/ === Verb === þrēotan to weary; to make or become weary Shrn. 188, 20. ==== Usage notes ==== Used impersonally to suggest personal weariness. ==== Conjugation ==== === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “þreotan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.