Talk:thwart
Transcription edit
Is /θwɔɹt/ correct? Shouldn't it be something like /θwɔ(ɹ)t/ at least or just /θwɔːt/? --One half 3544 20:26, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
- /θwɔɹt/ for American English. The other two are probably British. —Stephen 20:38, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
Etymology edit
The OED gives limited support to the Middle English claim: "In Eng. the adv. is known c 1200, first in the combinations {th}wert út (THWERT-OUT) and {th}wert-over (THWART-OVER), later (c 1300) over-{th}wert (OVERTHWART). It was used as an adj., with a vb. {th}werten, both fig., c 1250, and as a prep. bef. 1300. In all these thwert became thwart in the 15th c. Thwart n. is found in the 17th c. The ME. material is scanty, and the sense development is not illustrated fully by the extant quotations." I don't know if this helps. Dbfirs 21:14, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
- Then I shall remove it. The uſer hight Bogorm converſation 09:32, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
Thwart edit
What are the antynomns Madas e 1st (talk) 17:42, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
Milton edit
The use of the adverb by Milton is here. Bmclaughlin9 (talk) 17:23, 18 March 2019 (UTC)