þrea

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þrau, oblique stem *þrawā-, from Proto-Germanic *þrawō. Cognate with Old High German drō, Old Norse þrá.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θræ͜ɑː/

Noun

þrēa f

  1. threat
  2. rebuke
  3. affliction
  4. punishment

Declension

Weak:

singular plural
nominative þrēa þrēan
accusative þrēan þrēan
genitive þrēan þrēana
dative þrēan þrēam

Often the word is treated as indeclinable aside from the dative plural: Irregular:

singular plural
nominative þrēa þrēa
accusative þrēa þrēa
genitive þrēa þrēa
dative þrēa þrēam

Synonyms

Derived terms

Verb

þrea

  1. imperative singular of þrēaġan