þreapian

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þraupōną (“to punish”), from Proto-Germanic *þrawō (“torment, punishment”), from *þrawjaną (“to torment, injure, exhaust”), from Proto-Indo-European *trōw- (“to beat, wound, kill, torment”). Akin to Old English þrēagan (“to rebuke, punish, chastise”), þrēa (“correction, punishment”), þrōwian (“to suffer”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθræ͜ɑː.pi.ɑn/

Verb

þrēapian

  1. to reprove, correct, reprehend

Conjugation

Conjugation of þrēapian (weak, class 2)
infinitive þrēapian þrēapienne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular þrēapiġe þrēapode
second person singular þrēapast þrēapodest
third person singular þrēapaþ þrēapode
plural þrēapiaþ þrēapodon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular þrēapiġe þrēapode
plural þrēapiġen þrēapoden
imperative
singular þrēapa
plural þrēapiaþ
participle present past
þrēapiende (ġe)þrēapod

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: threpen, threp, threpe, þrepe, þræpenn (Early)
    • English: threap, threep, threip, threpe, threeap, thrape, threp, traep, traip, trep, trape
    • Scots: threip, threpe
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