thro

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See also: thro' and -þro

English

Etymology 1

Preposition

thro

  1. (archaic) through
    • 1851, Montagu, The Psalms, in a New Version, Fitted to the Tunes Used in Churches: Psalm CVI
      He the Red Sea rebuk'd also,
      That it updrying fled:
      As thro a desert dry to go,
      Them thro the deeps He led.

Etymology 2

From Middle English thro, thra, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse þrár (stubborn, obstinate, persevering), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *þrawaz (obstinate), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *ter- (to grind, drill, turn).

Alternative forms

Adjective

thro (comparative more thro, superlative most thro)

  1. (obsolete) Eager; earnest; vehement.
  2. (obsolete) Bold.

Anagrams


Welsh

Pronunciation

Noun

thro

  1. Aspirate mutation of tro.

Verb

thro

  1. Aspirate mutation of tro.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
tro dro nhro thro
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.