Middle English Dictionary Entry
thrat adj.
Entry Info
Forms | thrat adj. |
Etymology | ?From ON: cp. OI þroti a swelling; ?from MScot. thrawart contrary, perverse (later Scot. meaning = crooked). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
?Swollen, enlarged; ?misshapen.
Associated quotations
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)3045 : Hir nose for the nonest was nobly shapyn..With thrilles noght thrat but thriftily made, Nawther to wyde ne to wan, but as hom well semyt.