Middle English Dictionary Entry
thwert-thurgh nai phr.
Entry Info
| Forms | thwert-thurgh nai phr. Also thwerthurnai, twerthur-, twerthoru-, (early) twerthrou-. |
| Etymology | ?From thwert-ǒut nai phr. with substitution of thurgh adv. for ǒut. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
= thwert-out nai phr.
Associated quotations
- (1277) Chart.Leic.in Bateson Rec.B.Leic.1158 : Twerthrounay: Gens nomes.
- ?c1425 Chart.Leic.VB in Bateson Rec.B.Leic.1156 : Thwerthurnay [ME Chart.Leic.VB: It was used afore this tymes, whan thies parties oughte to pledde and the plaintyf hadde said his quarell, if the defendant as oftenne as the parole was out of his mouthe he oweth not Thwertnay, he was holden as not defendant..And he was not suffred to enparle nor to aske counseill].
- ?c1425 Chart.Leic.VB in Bateson Rec.B.Leic.1158 : Twerthorunay [1277: Thwerthutnay; ME Chart.Leic.VB: It was vsed that the defendaunt to þe pleint of þe pleintyf oþere thing to aunswer but all for to graunt or all to sey Thwertney].
- ?c1425 Chart.Leic.VB in Bateson Rec.B.Leic.1160 : Twerthurnay [ME Chart.Leic.VB: In the same maner in ple of trespas, If the defen[daun]t sey Thwertoutney, be he at Lawe and in þe same maner there doo].