Old English · noun
þrowend
Normalised þrōwend
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈθroː.wend/
- Syllables
- ˈθroː · wend (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- scorpionmartyr
Meaning
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scorpion
Sē þrōwend is ǣtren and slihþ mid þām tæġle tō dēaðe.
The scorpion is venomous and stings things to death with its tail.
c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany" -
martyr
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From þrowian + -end. Literally, "the throe + -er".
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