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Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From þrowian + -end.
Pronunciation[edit]
þrōwend m
- scorpion
- c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany"
Sē þrōwend is ǣtren and slihþ mid þām tæġle tō dēaðe.- The scorpion is venomous and stings things to death with its tail.
- martyr
Declension[edit]
Declension of þrowend (strong a-stem)
