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thrave

/ θɪ /

noun

  1. dialect.
    twenty-four sheaves of corn
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of thrave1

Old English threfe, of Scandinavian origin
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A daimen icker in a thrave 'S a sma' request: I'll get a blessin' wi' the lave, And never miss't!

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The king, in return for their prayers, and to enable them to do good, granted to them a thrave of corn from every plough-land in the diocese of York, a donation which existed until a late period under the name of Peter-corn.

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A daimen-icker in a thrave 'S a sma' request: I'll get a blessin' wi' the lave, And never miss't!

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A daimen icker in a thrave 'S a sma' o' request I'll get a blessin' wi' the lave, And never miss 't!

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The Hospital of St. Nicholas, Carlisle, had from its foundation been endowed with a thrave of corn from every ploughland in Cumberland.

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