Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes

by Geoffrey Chaucer

Threpe, 1 pr. pl. (we) call, assert to be, G 826. 'Threap, v. n. to maintain or insist pertinaciously; to repeat or reiterate obstinately. A.S. þrēapian, to afflict, chide.' Atkinson's Cleveland Glossary.

Threshfold, s. threshold, B 1. p 1. 54; A 3482, E 288, 291.

Thresshe, v. thrash, A 536.

Threst, s. thirst, B 2. m 2. 15 n. See Thurst.

Threste, v. thrust, push, A 2612; Thresten, v. thrust, B 2. p 5. 29; Threste, 2 pr. pl. thrust, B 2. p 5. 100; Threste, pt. s. thrust, E 2003; Threste, pt. pl. vexed, T. iv. 254. A.S. þrǣstan. See Thraste.

Threte (thrèètə), v. threaten, L. 754; Threteth, pr. s. T. iv. 909; I 646. A.S. þrēatian.

Threting, s. threatening, menace, G 698.

Thretty, adj. thirty, F 1368.

Threw, pt. s. of Throwe.