A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Þreaten], v. to threaten, S; see [Þreten].

[ Þred], ord. third, S2; see [Þridde].

[ Threed], sb. thread, C, SkD; þred, S; þræd, S; threde, Prompt. Comb.: þredbare, threadbare, C, PP, SkD.—AS. þrǽd, a dental derivative from þráwan, to twist; cp. OHG. drát (G. draht), from drájan; see Kluge (s.v.), and Douse, p. 101. See [Þrowen].

[ Þrelles], sb. pl. thralls, slaves, S; see [Þral].

[ Þrengen], v. to press, SD; þrengde, pt. s., S. Causal of [Þringen].

[ Þreo], num. three, S, S2, PP; þre, S, PP; þree, PP; þri, S; þrie, S. Comb.: þreohad, Trinity, S; þreottene, thirteen, S; þrettene, S2, PP; þrettyne, PP; thretend, thirteenth, S2; thritteind, S2; þretti, thirty, PP; þrette, S2; þritty, PP; þritti, S2; þrines, Trinity; þrunnesse, S; thresum, with three at a time, B.—AS. þréo.

[ Þrep], sb. controversy, contradiction, S2; threpe, JD.

[ Þrepen], v. to maintain a point obstinately in contradiction to another, to assert, C3, CM, JD; threape, HD.—AS. þréapian.

[ Þreschen], v. to thresh, beat, PP; thresshe, S, C; þrosshenn, pp., S; y-þorsse, S2.—AS. þerscan; see Douse, p. 112.

[ Þrescwolde], sb. threshold, PP; threschwolde, Prompt.; thresshewolde, P; threshfold, C2; threshfod, HD.—AS. þrescold, Icel. þreskoldr; cp. OHG. driscufli; see Douse, p. 110.