thrave

thrave · verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*trep-“to scamper; trample; quake; tread”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*þrabōną“to press; drive”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*þrabōn
4. Old English · inherited fromþrafian“to press; urge; compel; rebuke; argue; contend”
5. Middle English · inherited fromthraven
6. English todaythrave

From Middle English thraven, from Old English þrafian (“to press; urge; compel; rebuke; argue; contend”), from Proto-West Germanic *þrabōn, from Proto-Germanic *þrabōną (“to press; drive”), from Proto-Indo-European *trep- (“to scamper; trample; quake; tread”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian troawje, droawje (“to trot”), West Frisian drave (“to trot”), Dutch draven (“to lope; trot”), German traben (“to trot”), Swedish trava (“to trot”), Icelandic þrefa (“to wrangle; dispute”).

thrave · noun²

1. Old Norse · derived fromþrefi“a bunch or handful of sheaves”
2. Middle English · inherited fromthrave
3. English todaythrave

From Middle English thrave, threve, thrafe, from Old Norse þrefi (“a bunch or handful of sheaves”), related to Old Norse þrifa (“to grasp”). Cognate with Swedish trave, Danish trave.

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