Ge-þringan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-þringan

Add: I. intrans. To press, force one's way :-- Ic wolde on sume wísan inn geþringan, Hml. S. 23 b, 412. II. trans. To exert pressure on an object. (1) lit. :-- Ðá menigo ðec geðringað turbae te comprimunt, Lk. L. R. 8, 45. (2) to use violence with a person, oppress, conquer a people or country :-- Gotan þreáte geþrungon þeódlond monig, Met. 1, 3. (2 a) to force, gain by force from (on) a person :-- Mæg ic þis setl on eów butan earfeðum ána geþringan (-dringan, MS.), Gú. 216. [O. Sax. ge-þringan.] ge-þringan