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Definition thrave

Etymology 1

From Middle English thraven, from Old English þrafian (“to press; urge; compel; rebuke; argue; contend”), from Proto-Germanic *þrab?n? (“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”).

Verb

thrave (third-person singular simple present thraves, present participle thraving, simple past and past participle thraved)

1. (transitive, Britain, dialectal) To urge; compel; importune.

Etymology 2

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.

Noun

thrave (plural thraves)

1. (Britain, dialectal) A sheaf; a handful.
2. (Britain, dialectal, obsolete) Twenty-four (or in some places, twelve) sheaves of wheat; a shock, or stook.
3. (Britain, dialectal, obsolete) Two dozen, or similar indefinite number; a bunch; a throng.

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