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þráwan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
þráwan, p. þreów; pp. þráwen
Wright's OE grammar
§120; §264; §517;
To throw (v. throw, thraw to turn wood, to twist; throwster one that throws or winds silk or thread; throwing-clay clay that will work on the wheel, Halliw. Dict. See, also, E. D. S. Pub. Holderness, Lincolnshire and Huddersfield dialects, throw, thrown: Jamieson's Dict. thraw.), twist
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  • Ic samod þráwe

    contorqueo,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 26, 3
      • ;
    • Zup. 155, 16.
Grammar
þráwan, trans.
To twist, rack, torture
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  • Hé hét hí on hencgene ástreccan and ðráwan swá swá wiððan,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 8, 113.

  • Hé hér hine hón on hengene, and mid hengene ðráwan tó langere hwíle,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 308, 31.
Grammar
þráwan, intrans.
To twist, turn round,
to take a different direction
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  • Se líg sóna ðreów ðwyres wið ðæs windes

    the flame at once turned round in a contrary direction towards the wind,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 510, 8.
to turn round, revolve
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  • Þráwende

    rotante (fusa,

    • Ald. 175, 34
      • ),
    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 93, 78.
to curl
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  • Þráwendum ł cyrpsiendum loccum

    crinibus crispantibus,

    • Hpt. Gl. 435, 9.
Etymology
[Haremarken þrauwen mid winde,
  • Laym. 27359.
But Layamon uses the word intransitively also of movement Of his horse he þreou (cf. anan swa ich lihte of blonken,
  • 793
    • ),
  • 807
. Þa cheorles up þreowen (þreuwen, 2nd MS.) the churls started up,
  • 12321
    • .
Þrawen wyth a þwong,
  • Gaw. 194
    • .
The word, however, early gets the meaning of throwing : -- Horn þreu þe ring to grunde... 'Palmere trewe, þe ring þat þu þrewe;'
  • Horn 1160-72.
Ded he threow him to grounde,
  • Alis. 2425.
In fire saltou thrawe þam in igne dejicies eos,
  • Ps. 139, 11.
O. L. Ger. thráan rotare
:
Du. draaijen to turn, twist
:
O. H. Ger. drájan; wk. tornare, torquere
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Gen. drehen.
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v. á-, be-, ge-, ge-ed-, þurh-þráwan; twi-þráwen.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “þráwan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/31998.

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