adv.
WA thraly, þraly
‘heartily, urgently, violently’
(Modern English throly, thraly)Formed on þro adj.; cp. also OIcel þráliga.
PGmc Ancestor
*þrawa-
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
þrár ‘stubborn, obstinate’, cp. þráliga 'obstinately'
(ONP þrár (2) (adj.), cp. þráliga (adv.))
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/
ON loss of */x/ finally
Summary category
A1c
Predominantly N and E and alliterative (incl. PP), but occasionally elsewhere.
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
Gaw 929; Cl 180, 504; WA 371, 707, 2090
All editors emend A MS <þrathly> at WA 707 to *þraly, following the D Ms reading <thraly>.