Old English · verb

þrawan

Normalised þrāwan

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: strong class VII
IPA: /ˈθrɑː.wɑn/
Syllables: ˈθrɑː · wɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English: thraa writhe throw

Meaning

to twist, turn, writhe

Eft hē ontende sum hǣðen templ: þā ġewende sē līġ, ðurh þǣs windes blǣd, tō sumes mannes hūse, ðe þǣr ġehende stōd; ac Martinus āstāh on ðām stiċelan hrōfe, and sette hine sylfne onġēan ðām sweġendum līġe, and hē sōna ðrēow ðwyres wið þǣs windes

Afterwards he set fire to a heathen temple; then through the blowing of the wind, the fire turned to a man's house that stood nearby; but Martinus climbed on the steep roof and set himself against the roaring fire, and he immediately turned it the opposite direction of the wind
Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

Conjugation

Conjugation of þrawan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	þrāwe	þrēow
2nd singular	þrǣwst	þrēowe
3rd singular	þrǣwþ	þrēow
Plural	þrāwaþ	þrēowon
Subjunctive
Singular	þrāwe	þrēowe
Plural	þrāwen	þrēowen

Non-finite forms of þrawan
	Form
Infinitive	þrāwan
Inflected infinitive	þrāwenne
Imperative singular	þrāw
Imperative plural	þrāwaþ
Present participle	þrāwende
Past participle	þrāwen ġeþrāwen

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þrāan. Cognate with Old Frisian thrāia, Old Saxon thrāian, Middle Dutch draeien (Dutch draaien), Old High German draen, drāen (German drehen).

Descendants

thraa, throw

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