Þrece
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - þrece
According to the Old English Dictionary:
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- þrece
- m. Force, oppression; the result of oppression, weariness, exhaustion :-- Ðǽr synt tó sorge ætsomne gemenged se þrosma (þrosmiga. Wulfst, 138, 26) líg and se þrece gicela there to their sorrow are mingled together the stifling flame and the violence of cold; frigora mista simul ferventibus algida flammis, Dom. L. 191. Hneppade sáwle mín for ðrece dormitavit anima men prae taedio, Ps. Lamb. 118, 28. [O. Sax. wápan-threki force of arms: Icel. þrekr; m.; þrek; n. strength, fortitude; þrekinn enduring; þrekaðr wearied, exhausted.]