ÞREYTA

(-tta, -ttr), v. to prosecute a thing stoutly to strive hard in a thing;

þreyta leik, rás við e-n, to contend in a game, run a race with one;

þreyta kapp-sigling, to sail a race;

þreyta drykkju við e-n, to vie in drinking with one;

þreyta á drykkjuna, to strive hard to drink;

þreyta e-t með kappmælum, to dispute eagerly;

þreyta lög um e-t, to contend at law;

jarlarnir þreyttu þetta með sér, it came to high words between them;

þeir þreyttu at komast inn í borgina, they tried hard to get into the burgh;

þreyta hest sporum, to prick the horse with the spurs.

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t, [þraut], to prosecute a case stoutly, to strive, struggle, in a race, task, labour; þreyta leik, rás, kapp-sigling við e-n, to contend in a game, run a race with one, or the like, Edda 34, Fms. vi. 269, 360; þ. á drykkjuna, to contend in drinking, have a drinking-bout, Edda 34; þ. rás, to run a race, id.: þ. e-t með kappmælum, to dispute eagerly, Fms. i. 11; þreyttu þeir þetta með kappmælum þar til er hvárir-tveggju vápnuðusk, vi. 136; er þér þreytið þetta mál svá mjök, vii. 169; meirr þreytti Rútr þat með kappi en með lögum … at þeir þreytti þat ekki með sér, Nj. 31; jarlarnir þreyttu þetta með sér, it came to high words between them, Hkr. i. 87; þ. lög inn e-t, to contend at law, Fms. vii. 132, 135; þeir þreyttu (tried bard) at komask í borgina, Edda; þreya heim, to strive to get home, K. Þ. K. 94; ef þú þreytir vel á jarðríki, if thou strivest well in this life, Mar.; þreyta hest sporum, to prick the horse with the spurs, Karl. 92.

2. hence in mod. usage, to wear out, exhaust; in old writers it seems not to occur in this sense, except as pass.; öflin þreyttusk, were exhausted, Bret. ch. 4: part., þótt hann sé mjök at þreyttr, sorely tried, Nj. 64.