† aˈtroke, v. Obs.
Also att-.
[f. a- prefix 1 + OE. trucan: see troke v.]
To fail, become faint.
c 1315 Bodl. MS., Laud Misc. No. 108 lf. 1 (Halliw.), I nelle nouȝt fastinde late him go That heo beon overcome And attrokien bi the weie. 1460 in Pol. R. & Love Poems (1866) 221 Him atroketh his breth And þe soule a-wey geth. |