thregian

Old Saxon

FWOTD – 16 November 2014

Etymology

Of unclear origin. According to Pokorny, related to Proto-West Germanic *þringwan.[1] Cognate only with Dutch dreigen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθrɛi̯ɣ.jɑn/

Verb

thrēgian

  1. to threaten
    thuo gihōrda thie heritogo thia heri Iudeono thrēgian fan is thiodne
    then the duke of the Jewish army heard the ruler threaten
    (Heliand, verse 5369)

Conjugation

Conjugation of thrēgian (weak class 1)
infinitive thrēgian
indicative present past
1st person singular thrēgiu thrēgda
2nd person singular thrēgis thrēgdes
3rd person singular thrēgid thrēgda
plural thrēgiad thrēgdun
subjunctive present past
1st person singular thrēgie thrēgdi
2nd person singular thrēgies thrēgdis
3rd person singular thrēgie thrēgdi
plural thrēgien thrēgdin
imperative present
singular thrēgi
plural thrēgiad
participle present past
thrēgiandi githrēgid, thrēgid

Descendants

  • Middle Low German: dreigen

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “trenk”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1093
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.