þrowian

From Proto-West Germanic *þrōēn. Cognate with Old High German druoen.

• IPA^(key): /ˈθroː.wi.ɑn/

þrōwian

1. to suffer, endure
   • 10th century, The Seafarer:

     Mæġ iċ be mē sylfum · sōðġied wrecan,
     sīþas seċġan, · hū iċ ġeswincdagum
     earfoðhwīle · oft þrōwade,
     bitre brēostċeare · ġebiden hæbbe,

     I can utter a true tale about myself,
     tell goings on how I by days of hardship
     oft tholed the times of hardship,
     have withstood bitter sorrow,

2. to be martyred

• ġeþrōwian (“to suffer”)
• efnþrōwian (“to sympathize”)
• þrōwung (“suffering”)
• þrōwend (“scorpion, martyr”)

• English: throe