þreapian

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þraupōną (“to punish”), from Proto-Germanic *þrawō (“torment, punishment”), from Proto-Germanic *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): /ˈθræːɑpiɑn/

Verb

þrēapian

to reprove, correct, reprehend

Derived terms

þrēapung
þrȳpel, þrīpel

Descendants

Middle English: thræpen, threpen
- Scots: threpe, threip
- English: threpe, threap

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