Old English · noun

þrag

Normalised þrāg

Part of speech: noun, feminine
Declension: strong ō-stem
IPA: /θrɑːɡ/
[θrɑːɣ]
Syllables: θrɑːɡ (1 syllable)
Modern English: season throw time while

Meaning

time, season, while

Hwǣr cōm symbla ġesetu? · Hwǣr sindon seledrēamas? Ēalā beorht bune! · Ēalā byrnwiga! Ēalā þēodnes þrym! · Hū sēo þrāg ġewāt, ġenāp under nihthelm, · swā hēo nō wǣre.

Whither did the horse come? Whither did the man come? Whither did the treasure-giver come? Whither did the seats of feasts come? Where are the hall-joys? Alack and alas, bright cup! Alack and alas, mailed warrior! Alack and alas, the army of the king! How did the time pass, grow dark under the cover of night, as if it never did.
Hwǣr cōm mearg? Hwǣr cōm mago? · Hwǣr cōm māþþumġyfa?

Declension

Declension of þrag
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	þrāg	þrāga þrāge
Accusative	þrāge	þrāga þrāge
Genitive	þrāge	þrāga
Dative	þrāge	þrāgum

Etymology

Unknown; not represented in any cognate languages. The form implies a Proto-Germanic *þrēg-, whence also Proto-Germanic *þrag- (compare Old English þræġan (“to run, proceed in a course”), Gothic (þragjan, “to run”)). If so, then from Proto-Indo-European *tregʰ-, a variant of *dʰregʰ- (“to run”). Compare also Old Norse þræll (“serf, slave”, literally “gofer, runner”). See English thrall.

Descendants

throw

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