throd, throdden, pa. pple.
see thro v. Hence throdden v., north. dial. intr., to grow, to thrive: see quots.
| 1641 Best Farm. Bks. (Surtees) 5 Neyther will it [a lamb] throden (as the shepheardes say) till such time as the cowe milke bee all voyded. 1690 Ray N.C. Words 75 To Throdden; to grow, to thrive, to wax, to sturken. 1877 K. S. Macquoid Doris Barugh i, T' stock throddens weel. 1894 Northumb. Gloss., Throdden, to make grow, to thrive. Hence throdden and throddy, plump, fat, well thriven. |