Talk:bethrow

RFV discussion: March–April 2019

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bethrow

Citations are probably the most appalling I have seen on this project. First for sense 1 we have Be Tamed and Obidient ^[sic] (2009) by DemonPrincess_Rin: do we think this is somebody likely to use a word best defined as "cast down; deject; lay prostrate"? The citation clearly just means "throw" as used. Then for sense 2 we have something about Michael Jackson from "Lens79 Blog" (does this even meet CFI?): the definition says "throw or twist about; torture", but the cite says "how that failed to translate to the average man and women bethrows me", i.e. it throws me, confuses my mind. There is literally no connection between the definitions and the citations and I don't understand how this entry can have been made in good faith. BTW, there was a third citation that I have already deleted because it was one big mess of scannos and non-words; check it out if you want a sad chuckle. Equinox ◑ 22:55, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

No need to verify. NED shows this did not make it past Middle English. I will delete the entry ;) Leasnam (talk) 22:58, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

Whatever happened to leaving a entry open for some time to find citations?--Prosfilaes (talk) 00:41, 29 March 2019 (UTC)

We can restore the entry or create it anew. I may have deleted it too hastily, as I am finding several cites for "to bethrow"...

Now that the entry's been restored, I've added the 2013 cite, although not sure if this is an error for betroth (?), but the mention of garland makes a lot of sense of twisting around two individuals to unite them. Betroth in this case would not make much sense Leasnam (talk) 22:21, 2 April 2019 (UTC)

cited Kiwima (talk) 22:22, 2 April 2019 (UTC)

RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 23:28, 9 April 2019 (UTC)