thone

See also: Thone, thǫ́ne, and þone

English

Alternative forms
  • thoan
  • thooan, thwooan (South Lancashire)

Etymology

From Middle English *thon, from Old English þān (“moist, damp, wet; having water, watered, irrigated”), from Proto-Germanic *þainaz (“moist”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to melt, flow”). Cognate with Scots thane, thain (“moist, damp”). Related to thaw.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -əʊn

Adjective

thone (comparative thoner or more thone, superlative thonest or most thone)

  1. (dialectal) damp; moist; wet; soft from dampness.

Derived terms
  • thone-corn
  • thone-wheat
  • thoney/thony
  • thonish

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