aþreotan

• þrēotan

ā- (intensive prefix) + þrēotan (“weary, annoy”) from Proto-Germanic *þreutaną (“to harass, to weary”), Proto-Indo-European *trewd- (“to harass”). Cognate with Old Saxon thriotan, athriotan, Dutch verdrieten, German verdrießen and Old Norse þrjóta (whence also Icelandic þrjóta and Swedish tryta). Related to o-grade iterative verb Old English þrēatian (“to threaten, to push”).

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈθreːo̯tɑn/

āþrēotan

1. to be annoying, to be loathsome
   • Gospels Th. 152, 30

     Hý tó ǽr aþreát, ðæt hý waldendes willan lǽsten

     it too soon displeased them, that they should execute their sovereign's will

2. to weary
   • Ælfric's Grammar 33

     Me aþrýt

     it wearies me, I am weary

Used impersonally to suggest personal weariness.