trone

Compare French trogne (“a belly”).

trone (plural trones)

1. (Britain, dialectal) A small drain.

From Middle English trone (“balance”), from Anglo-Norman trone, tron, from Late Latin trona, from Latin trutina (“a balance”).

trone (plural trones)

1. (Britain, dialectal) A steelyard.
2. (Britain, dialectal, Scotland, obsolete) A form of weighing machine for heavy wares, consisting of two horizontal bars crossing each other, beaked at the extremities, and supported by a wooden pillar.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Jamieson to this entry?)

• Norte, Toner, noter, tenor, toner, torne

From Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos, “seat, throne”).

• IPA^(key): /troːnə/, [ˈtˢʁ̥oːnə]

trone c (singular definite tronen, plural indefinite troner)

1. throne

trone (imperative tron, infinitive at trone, present tense troner, past tense tronede, perfect tense har tronet)

1. to throne

trone

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of tronen

• toren

From Old French trone, trosne, from Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos).

• throne, troone, troun, throun, tron, tronne

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɔːn(ə)/, /ˈtroːn(ə)/

trone (plural trones) (rare)

1. A throne; a royal or regal seat or chair:

   • a. 1382, John Wycliffe, “Apocalips 4:4”, in Wycliffe's Bible:

     And in the cumpas of the ſeete weren foure and twenti ſmale ſeetis; and aboue the troones foure and twenti eldre men ſittinge, hilid aboute with whijt clothis, and in the heedis of hem goldun corouns.

     And around the perimeter of the seat there were twenty-four small seats, and on those seats twenty-four elders sat, wearing white clothing and having golden crowns on their heads.

   1. A throne which signifies the might and potency of a monarch.
   2. A throne which signifies the might and potency of a deity.

      • a. 1382, John Wycliffe, “Apocalips 4:5”, in Wycliffe's Bible:

        And leitis, and voices, and thundringis camen out of the trone; and ſeuene laumpis brennynge bifore the trone, whiche ben the ſeuene ſpiritis of God.

        And lightning, sounds, and thunder came out of the throne, and seven lamps were burning in front of the throne, which are the seven spirits of God.

   3. (rare) A throne which signifies the authority of a cleric.
2. One's spot, stead or place in heaven.
3. One of several ranks of angels, being above "dominions" and below "cherubim".

• tronen
• intronizen

• English: throne
• Scots: throne

• “trōne, n.(2).” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-19.

From Anglo-Norman trone, tron, from Late Latin trona, from Latin trutina (“balance”).

• tronn

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɔn(ə)/, /ˈtrɔːn(ə)/

trone (plural tronys) (rare)

1. A set of scales or balance; a machine used to weigh.
2. The location of weighing equipment used as a place to humiliate criminals.
3. One of the planks used to make the Holy Cross.

• English: tron, trone
• Scots: tron, trone

• “trō̆n(e, n.(1).” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-19.

From Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos, “chair”, “throne”).

trone f or m (definite singular trona or tronen, indefinite plural troner, definite plural tronene)

1. (monarchy) throne
2. (biblical) throne; the third highest order of angels

• tronarving
• tronpretendent
• trontale

trone (imperative tron, present tense troner, simple past and past participle trona or tronet)

1. To sit in a manner which commands obedience; to sit in a dominating way (as if on a throne).

• ruve

• “trone” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos, “chair, throne”)

• IPA^(key): /²truːnə/

trone f (definite singular trona, indefinite plural troner, definite plural tronene)

1. a throne

• “trone” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos, “chair”, “throne”).

trone m (oblique plural trones, nominative singular trones, nominative plural trone)

1. throne

• → Middle English: trone, throne, troone, troun, throun, tron, tronne
  • English: throne
  • Scots: throne
• Middle French: throne
  • French: trône

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (trone, supplement)