FromMiddle Englishthrawen, fromOld Englishþrāwan(“to turn, twist, curl, rack, torture, turn around”),[1] fromProto-West Germanic*þrāan, fromProto-Germanic*þrēaną(“to twist, turn”), fromProto-Indo-European*terh₁-(“to rub, rub by twisting, twist, turn”). Cognate withEnglishthroe,throw.
thraw (third-person singular simple presentthraws,present participlethrawin,simple pastthrawt,past participlethrawt)
- (transitive) Totwist orwrench.
- (intransitive) Towrithe orwriggle.
- (intransitive) To act perversely.
thraw (pluralthraws)
- Aseverepang orspasm ofpain; also, any severe pang or spasm, especially anoutburst offeeling; aparoxysm, athroe.
1887,Robert Louis Stevenson, “[Poem XIII]”, inUnderwoods, London:Chatto and Windus, […],→OCLC, book II (In Scots),page126:Thethrawes o' fear on a' were shed, / An' the hair rose, an' slumber fled, / An' lichts were lit an' prayers were said / Through a' the kintry;[…]- Thethroes of fear on all were shed, / And the hair rose, and slumber fled, / And lights were lit and prayers were said / Through all the country; […]
1927 July,John Buchan, “The Minister Girds Up His Loins”, inWitch Wood (in English), London:Hodder and Stoughton, published August 1927,→OCLC,page179:My heid was in sic athraw last nicht that I canna sweir wi' ony certainty to ither faces, though I hae my suspeecions about the weemen.- My head was in such athroe last night that I cannot swear with any certainty to other faces, though I have my suspicions about the women.
- ^“thraw,v.,n.,adj.”, inThe Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh:Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present,→OCLC, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors,The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh:Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976,→OCLC.
thraw
- aspirate mutation oftraw
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
