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† ˈtintregh Obs.
Forms: 1 tintreᵹ, -a, tinterᵹ, 3 tintreo, -he, tintreow.
[OE. tintreᵹ str. neut., tintreᵹa wk. masc. The second element is the same as in OE. treᵹa, ON. tregi wk. masc., Goth. trigo wk. fem., grief, woe, affliction, OE. treᵹian, ON. trega, OS. tregan to grieve, afflict. The first part is uncertain; Sievers, on metrical grounds, holds the vowel to be long, tíntreᵹa.]
Torment, torture.
c893K. ælfred Oros. i. xii. §4 Þonne he þara manna tintreᵹo oferhierde. c950Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. x. 28 Ða sauel & lic-homa losiᵹe vel fordoa in tinterᵹo vel cursung. Ibid. Luke xvi. 23 In helle ahof ða eᵹo his miððy were in tinterᵹum. c1000Ags. Gosp., ibid., Þa he on þam tintreᵹum wæs. a1023Wulfstan Hom. xl. (Napier) 185 In þa ecan tintreᵹu. a1225Leg. Kath. 41 Wið stronge tintreohen & licomliche pinen. a1225Juliana 18 For teone ne for tintreow þat ȝe mahen timbrin. a1240Sawles Warde in Cott. Hom. 261 Eorðliche tintreohen.
Hence † ˈtintreghe (in 2 tintraȝen) v. trans., to torment, torture.
c1175Lamb. Hom. 13 Swa þet heo eow tintraȝed and heow iswenchet. |