þreat

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See also: threat

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þrautaz, *þrautą.

Pronunciation

Noun

þrēat m

  1. crowd, swarm, throng, troop, army
  2. violence, force, compulsion, oppression, punishment, retaliation, mistreatment

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative þrēat þrēatas
accusative þrēat þrēatas
genitive þrēates þrēata
dative þrēate þrēatum

Descendants