† athrysmathrusemv.
Obsolete.
To suffocate, stifle, choke, kill.
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smorec725
athrysmc885
stranglea1300
overliea1382
forliea1400
to stop the breath (more rarely the wind) ofc1400
overlayc1425
querken1440
smoulder1481
suffoke1490
stiflea1535
smoor1535
smother1548
suffocate1599
asphyxiate1835
asphyxy1843
c885 tr. Orosius Hist. v. iv. §3 Hi hine on his bedde asmoredan and aþrysemodon.
c1220 Sawles Warde in Cott. Hom. 251 Euch aþrusmeð oðer.
c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 24 Þi brihte blisfule sune þet te giws wenden forte aþrusmin.
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