þrafian

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þrabōną (“to trot, trample, press, urge”), from Proto-Germanic *trep- (“scamper, trip, trample, tremble, step”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθrɑ.fi.ɑn/, [ˈθrɑ.vi.ɑn]

Verb

þrafian

1. to urge
2. to rebuke, correct

Conjugation

Conjugation of þrafian (weak class 2)

infinitive	þrafian	þrafienne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	þrafiġe	þrafode
second person singular	þrafast	þrafodest
third person singular	þrafaþ	þrafode
plural	þrafiaþ	þrafodon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	þrafiġe	þrafode
plural	þrafiġen	þrafoden
imperative
singular	þrafa
plural	þrafiaþ
participle	present	past
	þrafiende	(ġe)þrafod

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “þrafian”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.