adv.
‘earnestly, heartily, eagerly, swiftly, violently’
(Modern English thro, thra)Formed on þro adj.
PGmc Ancestor
*þrawa-
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
þrár ‘stubborn, obstinate’
(ONP þrár (2) (adj.))
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
Far tráur, Icel þrár, Norw trå, ODan trå, Sw dial trå(r)
OE Cognate
? þrawu, þrēa (n.) ‘threat, oppression’
Phonological and morphological markers
ON loss of */w/ medially and compensatory lengthening
[ON / ɑ:/ < PGmc */anx/] (may not be applicable)
[ON loss of */x/ finally] (may not be applicable)
Summary category
A1c
Predominantly N and E and alliterative, but occasionally elsewhere.
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
Gaw 1021, 1867, 1946; Cl 220, 590, 1805
On the sense of Gaw 1021, see Magoun 1928: 82. The instances at Cl 590 (GollCl) and 1805 (Menner, followed by AW) have been identified with OE þurh and thus glossed 'thoroughly'; in favour of maintaining these as instance of þro (as Anderson does), see Vant 590n and 1805n.