Obs. rare. [f. THRO, THRA a. + -NESS.] The quality of being ‘thro’; untowardness; obstinacy, reluctance.

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13[?].  Cursor M., 26964 (Fairf.). Ne for na þranes [altered in MS. to mekenes, C. mekenes] þat mai be Þi-seluin say bot soþ of þe. Ibid., 27608 (Cott.). O pride bicums thrones [pr. throues; F. þranes, pr. þraues; Cott., G. trauers] o thrett, Hething, threp, and athes grett.

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