Threpe

Origin

Middle English threp ("a rebuke"), deverbal of Middle English threpen ("to scold"), from Old English þrēapian ("to reprove, reprehend, punish, blame"), from Proto-Germanic *þraupōną ("to punish"), from Proto-Germanic *þrawō ("torment, punishment"), from Proto-Germanic *þrawēną ("to torment, injure, exhaust"), from Proto-Indo-European *trōw- ("to beat, wound, kill, torment"). Akin to Old English þrēagan ("to rebuke, punish, chastise"), þrēa ("correction, punishment"), þrōwian ("to suffer"). More at throe. See also threap.

Full definition of threpe

Verb

1. (obsolete) to threap
2. (archaic) to call, to term
3. (archaic) to insist

Related terms

• threap