þrea

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Old English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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þrēa f

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

Declension

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

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Verb

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þrea

  1. imperative singular of þrēaġan