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drowe

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Etymology

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From Middle English throwen, thrawen, from Old English þrāwan, from Proto-West Germanic *þrāan. Cognate with West English drow.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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drowe (past participle ee-drowe)

  1. to throw
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Ich drowe ham.
      I threw him.

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References

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 36