v. Obs. [OE. aþrys(e)mian, f. A- pref. 1 + þrysmian to suffocate. (Athrusm had Fr. u (ü): the mod. form would be athrism.)] To suffocate, stifle, choke, kill.

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c. 885.  K. Ælfred, Oros., V. iv. § 3. Hí hine on his bedde asmoredan and aþrysemodon.

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c. 1220.  Sawles Warde, in Cott. Hom., 251. Euch aþrusmeð oðer.

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a. 1230.  Ancr. R., 40. Þine brihte blissful sune þet te Gyus wenden vorto aþrusemen.

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