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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Thrawand(e, Throwand, ppl. adj. [e.m.E. throwing (once, a1547, in an Eng. version of the Latin translated by Douglas in the quot. Doug. iv xii 102 below); Thraw(e v.] a. Wrenching; griping. b. Writhing, painfully struggling. Also absol. as noun. —a. c1420 Wynt. v 3369.
Thare thrawand [C. thrawande] thrystys hard hym thrystyt Quhill hys bowalys wyth-in hym brystyt —b. 1513 Doug. iv xii 102.
Almychty Juno … Hir mayd Irys from the hevyn hes send The throwand sawle [L. luctantem animam] to lowys, and mak ane end —absol. 1513 Doug. iv xii 60.
Hir systir … on the throwand with mony sprauch and schout Callys by name
