Middle English Dictionary Entry
thrōten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | thrōten v. P.pl. thrōteden. |
| Etymology | From thrōte n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. a-throted ppl.
1.
To cut the throat of (sb., a sheep), kill; also in fig. context [2nd quot.].
Associated quotations
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)4 Kings 10.14 : Þei þroteden [WB(2): strangliden; L iugulaverunt] hem in þe cisterne beside þe chaumbre.
- (1440) Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)1824 : Lich a wolf þat comth to a folde, First he feseth þe scheep with his chere, And aftir ful slyly wil he now beholde Who he may þrote hem both there and here.