Etymology

thrang

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Middle English thrang
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thrang · adjective, verb1

  1. Middle English · inherited fromthrang
  2. English todaythrang

From Middle English thrang, throng (“dense, thick, tight, constrictive”), cognate with Old Norse þrǫngr (“narrow, close, tight”). Related to English thring (“to press”).

thrang · verb2

From thring (“to press, squeeze”).

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