Talk:threpe

The meaning here is too limited. Also spelled threap.

"Wherto shuld I threpe? with my staf can I lepe."

(a) To scold, chide, rebuke; also, threaten, menace ~ with, remonstrate with; (b) to argue, quarrel, debate; (c) to compete, contend; also, fight, do battle; also fig.; also, struggle ~ together; ppl. threaped, determined, stalwart; (d) of thunder, rain, the winds: to rage; (e) to assert (that sth. is so), maintain despite opposition, insist; &mdash; used of contrary-to-fact assertions; ~ of, jeer at the gullibility of (people that they had done sth.); ~ on (upon), assert falsely to (sb. that sth. is so), deceive, fool; (f) ~ away, to hurry or rush away. AnWulf ... Ferþu Hal! 14:04, 20 October 2011 (UTC)