ÞREYJA

ÞREYJA
(þrey, þreyða, þreyðr), v. to feel for, desire, yearn after.
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pres. þrey, þreyr, mod. þreyi, þreyir; pret. þreyði; [A. S. þrowjan; cp. the Engl. subst. throe]:—to feel for, desire, yearn after; enn inn átta (viz. vetr) allan þáðu, Vkv.; löng er nótt … hve um þreyja’k þrjár, Skm. 42; ek þrey um aldr, Fms. v. 231 (in a verse); ekki þreyr ek at þeim þegni, I long not for him, Fas. ii. 336; þreyja eptir einni konu, Ísl. ii. 250 (Cod. B, þrá Cod. A); ey þreyjandi, ever panting, Hdl. 46.
2. to wait patiently, endure; in which sense the word is still used, e. g. þrey, þol og líð, bið, vona og bíð, bölið fær góðan enda, Hallgr.

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