þryue

v.

Pe þryf; Pat past 2 pl. subj. þryued

'to thrive' (Modern English thrive)

Etymology

cp. OIcel þrífa-sk ‘to thrive’, or conceivably þrífa ‘to clutch, grip, grasp’ ‘to which the sense of the relexive … has been transferred’ (Simpson 1981: 303). The two ON verbs have sometimes been separated etymologically (de Vries and CV), but a sense development ‘catch (for oneself)’ to ‘do well, thrive’ is plausible enough (Mag. and OED). 

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

Attestation

Widespread from early ME. 

Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus

Gaw 387; Pe 851; Cl 249; Pat 521

Bibliography

MED thrīven (v.) , OED thrive (v.) , thriven (adj.) , HTOED , HTOED , Dance þryue, Bj. 224, de Vries þrífa, þrífast, Mag. þrífa, Kroonen *þrīfan-