throwen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• thrawen, thorwen

Etymology

From Old English þrāwan, from Proto-West Germanic *þrāan, from Proto-Germanic *þrēaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθrɔu̯ən/

Verb

throwen

1. to throw

Usage notes

• The weak forms found in dialectal modern English are nonexistent in Middle English (compare growen, for which such forms are found).

Conjugation

Conjugation of throwen (strong class 7)

infinitive	(to) throwen, throwe
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	throwe	threw
2nd-person singular	throwest	threwe, threw
3rd-person singular	throweth	threw
subjunctive singular	throwe	threwe1
imperative singular		—
plural2	throwen, throwe	threwen, threwe
imperative plural	throweth, throwe	—
participles	throwynge, throwende	throwen, throwe, ythrowen, ythrowe

¹Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
²Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: throw
  • Northumbrian: thraa
• Scots: thraw
• Yola: drowe, draugh

References

• “throuen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.