þryccan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þrukkijan, from Proto-Germanic *þrukkijaną (“to press, crowd”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθryt.t͡ʃɑn/

Verb

þryċċan

1. (transitive) to press, crush, trample on, afflict, oppress
2. (intransitive) to press, push, force away

Conjugation

Conjugation of þryċċan (weak class 1)

infinitive	þryċċan	þryċċenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	þryċċe	þryhte, þrycte, þryċċede
second person singular	þryċest	þryhtest, þryctest, þryċċedest
third person singular	þryċeþ	þryhte, þrycte, þryċċede
plural	þryċċaþ	þryhton, þrycton, þryċċedon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	þryċċe	þryhte, þrycte, þryċċede
plural	þryċċen	þryhten, þrycten, þryċċeden
imperative
singular	þryċe
plural	þryċċaþ
participle	present	past
	þryċċende	(ġe)þryht, (ġe)þryct, (ġe)þryċċed

Derived terms

• āþryċċan (“to press, oppress”)
• beþryċċan (“to press on, impress”)
• forþryċċan (“to tread under, suppress, overwhelm”)
• ġeþryċċan (“to compress, bind books, express”)
• ofþryċċan (“to oppress, repress, occupy by force”)
• onþryċċan (“impress”)

 

Related terms

• þrysċan
• *þrysman

Descendants

• Middle English: thrucchen, thrycchen, thricchen
  • English: thrutch (dialectal), druck
• Middle English: *threkken, threken
  • English: thrack
  • Scots: thratch, thrack

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “þryccan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.