different between thrang vs thring

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English thrang, throng (“dense, thick, tight, constrictive”), cognate with Old Norse þröngr (“narrow, close, tight”). Related to English thring (“to press”).

Adjective

thrang (comparative more thrang, superlative most thrang)

1. (dialectal, Northern England, Scotlang) busy, preoccupied
2. (dialectal, rare, Northern England) crowded, busy

   Synonym: throng

Etymology 2

From thring (“to press, squeeze”).

Verb

thrang

1. simple past tense of thring

Scots

Noun

thrang (plural thrangs)

1. throng

Adjective

thrang (comparative mair thrang, superlative maist thrang)

1. busy

English

Alternative forms

• dring (dialectal)

Etymology

From Middle English thringen, from Old English þringan (“to press, squeeze, crowd”), from Proto-Germanic *þrinhwan? (“to press, throng, crush”), from Proto-Indo-European *trenk?- (“to beat, hew, press”).

Verb

thring (third-person singular simple present thrings, present participle thringing, simple past thrang, past participle thrung)

1. (transitive, Northern England, Scotland) To thrust; crowd; press; squeeze.
2. (intransitive, Northern England, Scotland) To push; to force one's way.

Synonyms

• (crowd): mass, throng; see also Thesaurus:assemble
• (squeeze): compress, condense; see also Thesaurus:compress

Related terms

• thrang
• throng

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