† 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, t{iacu}ntreᵹa.]
Torment, torture.
| c 893 K. ælfred Oros. i. xii. §4 Þonne he þara manna tintreᵹo oferhierde. c 950 Lindisf. 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. c 1000 Ags. Gosp., ibid., Þa he on þam tintreᵹum wæs. a 1023 Wulfstan Hom. xl. (Napier) 185 In þa ecan tintreᵹu. a 1225 Leg. Kath. 41 Wið stronge tintreohen & licomliche pinen. a 1225 Juliana 18 For teone ne for tintreow þat ȝe mahen timbrin. a 1240 Sawles Warde in Cott. Hom. 261 Eorðliche tintreohen. |
Hence † ˈtintreghe (in 2 tintraȝen) v. trans., to torment, torture.
| c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 13 Swa þet heo eow tintraȝed and heow iswenchet. |