Obs. rare. Pa. t. in 5 thret. [a. ON. þrǽta (þrætta) to quarrel, dispute, wrangle, Sw. träta Da. trættes refl. to quarrel, strive, contest. (See Falk & Torp s.v. Trætte.)] intr. To dispute, contend; to quarrel, wrangle.
13[?]. E. E. Allit. P., A. 560. I hyred þe for a peny a grete, Quy bygynnez þou now to þrete?
c. 1430. This World but Vanyte, 20, in Hymns Virgin (1867), 83. Þe kinde of childhode y dide also, Wiþ my felawis to fiȝte and þrete.
c. 1450. St. Cuthbert (Surtees), 7110. Þai were stonyd what þis moght mene, What þai suld do þai thret þaim betwene.
1513. Douglas, Æneis, VIII. Prol. 17. So thochtis thretis in thra our breistis ourthwort. [Probably belongs here.]
