âdräötig

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German Low German

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Etymology

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From Old Saxon ā- + Old Saxon thriotan, from Proto-Germanic *þreutaną (to harass, to weary), Proto-Indo-European *trewd- (to harass).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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âdræͦtig

  1. (Westphalian) morose, sullen, grumpy, disgruntled

References

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  • Friedrich Woeste, Wörterbuch der westfälischen Mundart (Wörterbücher. Herausgegeben vom Verein für niederdeutsche Sprachforschung. Band I) (1882, Norden & Leipzig: Diedr. Soltau's Verlag), p. 2: "âdræͦtig, verdriesslich.   vgl. [...]"