v.
Pe þryf; Pat past 2 pl. subj. þryued
'to thrive' (Modern English thrive)
PGmc Ancestor
*þrīfan-
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
þrífa-sk ‘to thrive’; cp. þrifinn (adj.) 'active, well favoured'
(ONP þrífa (vb., C); cp. þrifinn (adj.))
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
Far tríva, trívast, Icel þrífa, þrívast, Norw triva, Dan trives, MSw thriva
OE Cognate
Phonological and morphological markers
Summary category
B1
Widespread from early ME.
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
Gaw 387; Pe 851; Cl 249; Pat 521