Þröta

Old Swedish Dictionary - þröta

Meaning of Old Swedish word "þröta" (or þrøta) in Swedish.

As defined by K.F Söderwall's dictionary of Medieval Swedish:

þröta (þrøta)
göra trött. - trötta, uttrötta. defensus (fel för defessus).. . trötader ok tröther GU c 20 s. 169. - refl. þrötas, tröttas, tröttna, bliva trött. llassasco scis linchoatiuum a lasso börya tröttis GU C 20 (hand 2) s. 65. jak kan ey thröttas äller ledhas widh Mecht 311. " vm sidher wart han gamal ok tröttis at ganga" MP 4: 247. - Jfr utthröta (Sdw 2: 891).

Orthography: Early Old Swedish used different letters for ä and ö, so þröta may have also been written as þrøta

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

Alternative forms or notes:
  • thörtta: -as Mecht 311.
  • trötta: -is GU C 20 (hand 2) s. 65. limpf. refl. tröttis MP 4: 247. part. pret. -ter, se þrötter. trötader GU C 20 s. l69),

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚦᚱᚯᛏᛆ
Medieval Runes were used in Sweden from 12th to 17th centuries.

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Works and authors cited:

GU
Glossarii Latino-Svethici specimen vetustum. E cod. mscr. Bibliothecæ Reg. Acad. Upsal. Diss. Ups. præs. J. H. Schröder. 1845.
MP
Svenska Medeltids-postillor. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. Fortsatta af R. Geete. Del. 3, 4, 5. 1893--1910. SFSS.
GU C 20
Latinskt-Svenskt glossarium efter Cod. Ups. C 20. Utg. av E. Neuman. S 1--583. 1918--20, (hand 2) s. 1--169. 1938--42. SFSS.
Mecht
Hel. Mechtils uppenbarelser (Liber spiritualis gratiæ) öfversatta från latinet år 1469 af Jöns Budde. Utg. af R. Geete. 1899. SFSS.
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