Þrysman(-ian)
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - þrysman(-ian)
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- þrysman(-ian)
- p. de, ode To choke, stifle, suffocate; fig. to keep in subjection :-- Alexander .xii. geár ðisne middangeard under him þrysmde and egsade Alexander per duodecim annos trementem sub se orbem ferro pressit, Ors. 3, 11; Swt. 142, 22. [O. Frs. thresma, tresma to choke, stifle, strangle.]