† ˈthroness, ˈthraness Obs. rare.
[f. thro, thra a. + -ness.]
The quality of being ‘thro’; untowardness; obstinacy, reluctance.
| 13.. Cursor M. 26964 (Fairf.) Ne for na þranes [altered in MS. to mekenes, C. mekenes] þat mai be Þe-seluin say bot soþ of þe. Ibid. 27608 (Cott.) O pride bicums thrones [pr. throues; F. þranes, pr. þraues; Cott., G. trauers] o thrett, Hething, threp, and athes grett. |