Definitions For Thrave

Etymology 1

{{PIE root, en, terp}} From Middle English thraven, from {{inh, en, ang, þrafian, , to press; urge; compel; rebuke; argue; contend}}, from {{inh, en, gem-pro, þrabōną, , to press; drive}}, from {{der, en, ine-pro, *trep-, , to scamper; trample; quake; tread}}. Cognate with {{cog, srq, troawje}}, droawje, , to trot, {{cog, fy, drave, , to trot}}, {{cog, nl, draven, , to lope; trot}}, {{cog, de, traben, , to trot}}, {{cog, sv, trava, , to trot}}, {{cog, is, þrefa, , to wrangle; dispute}}.

Verb

thrav , ing (transitive, UK, dialectal) To urge; compel; importune.

Related terms

thraft

Etymology 2

From Middle English thrave, threve, thrafe, from {{der, en, non, þrefi, , a bunch or handful of sheaves}}, related to Old Norse þrifa, , to grasp. Cognate with {{cog, sv, trave}}, {{cog, da, trave}}.

Alternative forms

threave {{qualifier, obsolete}}, threve {{qualifier, obsolete}}

Noun

THRAVE (plural THRAVEs) (UK, dialect) A sheaf; a handful. (UK, dialect, obsolete) Twenty-four (or in some places, twelve) sheaf, sheaves of wheat; a shock, or stook. (UK, dialect, obsolete) Two dozen, or similar indefinite number; a bunch; a throng.