Middle English Dictionary Entry
treien v.
Entry Info
| Forms | treien v. Also trai(e, tregen, (early infl.) tregienne; p. treide, traid; pl. traied(e, traiedde, traid(e, (early) tregedon. |
| Etymology | OE tregian; a few quots. could also be construed as ME traien v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. atreien v., tarien v.(2), terren v.(2).
1.
To vex (sb.), annoy, irritate; also, afflict (sb.), cause (sb.) grief or pain; also, ?be troubled [quot. c1300].
Associated quotations
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1104 : Eall þis wæs God mid to gremienne & þas arme leode mid to tregienne.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)126/22 : Heo..hine mid heora worden tregedon, swylce he for his synnen swa getucod wære.
- c1300 Horn (LdMisc 108)72/1313 : To þe of me men seyde War for þi herte treyde.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3975 : Ðu tregest me; Had ic an swerd, ic sluge ðe.
- ?c1335 Sith Gabriell gan (Hrl 913)p.163 : Þos yrismen of þe lond, Hi swor and tok an hond Þe englis men to trai.
- c1330 7 Sages(1) (Auch)19/390 : Þe emperice was fol wroȝ Þat þe child was spared for soht, And wel mochel hit here traid.
- a1400 NVPsalter (Hrl 1770)5.12 : Þai falle fra þar ȝhotes mare and lesse; After mikelhed of þar quednes Out-put þam þar þai sal be, Lauerd, for þai traied [vr. taried; L irritaverunt] þe.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)3042 : Jch am so trayed þat neiȝ Ich wepe.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)19b/b : Defatigo: to traye.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)34a/b : Inquieto: to tray or greue.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)2005 : Kynge Rycharde they gan chyde..Swythe sore they hym trayde [vrr. trayide, trayede], Cleped hym taylarde and hym myssayde.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)358/162 : Vs to tray and teyn ar thay abowte bi nyght and day.
- a1500 Rich.(Hrl 4690)1834 : Trayedde [vr. trayd; Auch: þai misdeden & mis seyd & king richard sore atreyd].