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  • preposition archaic through
  • adjective Eagre; earnest; vehement.
  • adjective Bold.

Etymologies

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From Middle English thro, thra, from Old Norse þrár ("stubborn, obstinate, persevering"), from Proto-Germanic *þrawaz (“obstinate”), from Proto-Indo-European *ter- (“to grind, drill, turn”).

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