þrea

Old English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /θræ͜ɑː/

Noun

þrēa f

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

Declension
Declension of þrea (weak)
Case Singular Plural
nominative þrēa þrēan
accusative þrēan þrēan
genitive þrēan þrēana
dative þrēan þrēam

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

Declension of þrea (irregular)
Case Singular Plural
nominative þrēa þrēa
accusative þrēa þrēa
genitive þrēa þrēa
dative þrēa þrēam

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Verb

þrea

  1. imperative singular of þrēaġan
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