"thurse" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: thurses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English thurs, thurse, thursse, thyrce, thirs, from Old English þyrs (“giant, enchanter, demon, wizard”), from Proto-West Germanic *þuris, from Proto-Germanic *þurisaz (“giant, name of the Þ-rune”), from Proto-Indo-European *tur-, *twer- (“to rotate, twirl, swirl, move”). Cognate with German Turse (“giant”), Danish tosse (“a fool, buffoon”), Norwegian tuss, tusse, tust (“goblin, kobold, elf, a dull fellow”), Icelandic þurs (“giant”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|thurs}} Middle English thurs, {{m|enm|thurse}} thurse, {{m|enm|thursse}} thursse, {{m|enm|thyrce}} thyrce, {{m|enm|thirs}} thirs, {{inh|en|ang|þyrs|t=giant, enchanter, demon, wizard}} Old English þyrs (“giant, enchanter, demon, wizard”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*þuris}} Proto-West Germanic *þuris, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*þurisaz|t=giant, name of the Þ-rune}} Proto-Germanic *þurisaz (“giant, name of the Þ-rune”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*tur-}} Proto-Indo-European *tur-, {{m|ine-pro|*twer-|t=to rotate, twirl, swirl, move}} *twer- (“to rotate, twirl, swirl, move”), {{cog|de|Turse|t=giant}} German Turse (“giant”), {{cog|da|tosse|t=a fool, buffoon}} Danish tosse (“a fool, buffoon”), {{cog|no|tuss}} Norwegian tuss, {{m|no|tusse}} tusse, {{m|no|tust|t=goblin, kobold, elf, a dull fellow}} tust (“goblin, kobold, elf, a dull fellow”), {{cog|is|þurs|t=giant}} Icelandic þurs (“giant”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} thurse (plural thurses)
  1. (Now chiefly dialectal) A giant; a gigantic spectre; an apparition. Synonyms: thrush, thrust [dialectal]
    Sense id: en-thurse-en-noun-KJpEhFCb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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