þrawan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þrāan.

Cognate with Old Frisian thrāia, Old Saxon thrāian, Middle Dutch draeien (Dutch draaien), Old High German draen, drāen (German drehen).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθrɑː.wɑn/

Verb

þrāwan

  1. to twist, turn, writhe
    • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
      Eft hē ontende sum hǣðen templ: þā ġewende sē līġ, ðurh þǣs windes blǣd, tō sumes mannes hūse, ðe þǣr ġehende stōd; ac Martinus āstāh on ðām stiċelan hrōfe, and sette hine sylfne onġēan ðām sweġendum līġe, and hē sōna ðrēow ðwyres wið þǣs windes
      Afterwards he set fire to a heathen temple; then through the blowing of the wind, the fire turned to a man's house that stood nearby; but Martinus climbed on the steep roof and set himself against the roaring fire, and he immediately turned it the opposite direction of the wind

Conjugation

Conjugation of þrāwan (strong, class VII)
infinitive þrāwan þrāwenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular þrāwe þrēow
second person singular þrǣwst þrēowe
third person singular þrǣwþ þrēow
plural þrāwaþ þrēowon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular þrāwe þrēowe
plural þrāwen þrēowen
imperative
singular þrāw
plural þrāwaþ
participle present past
þrāwende (ġe)þrāwen

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: throwen, thrawen, thorwen
    • English: throw
      • Northumbrian: thraa
    • Scots: thraw
    • Yola: drowe, draugh
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