þreotan

• āþrēotan

From Proto-Germanic *þreutaną (“to harass, to weary”), from Proto-Indo-European *trewd- (“to harass”). Cognate with Old Saxon thriotan, Dutch: verdrieten, German: verdrießen, Old Norse: þrjóta (Icelandic: þrjóta, Swedish: tryta). Related to o-grade iterative verb Old English þrēatian (“to threaten, to push”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈθreːotɑn/

þrēotan

1. to weary
   • ,, Shrn. 188, 20.

     Ic ðé bydde ðæt ðé ne ðreóte, ne ðú ða spréce ðǽr ne forléte

     I pray thee that it may not weary thee, and that thou do not leave the conversation there

Used impersonally to suggest personal weariness.