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Thrang

adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective

1
Busy, preoccupied. Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal
2
Crowded, busy. Northern-England, dialectal, rare

Verb

1
To throng. Scotland
2
simple past of thring form-of, past

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English thrang, throng (“dense, thick, tight, constrictive”), cognate with Old Norse þrǫngr (“narrow, close, tight”). Related to English thring (“to press”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English thrang, throng (“dense, thick, tight, constrictive”), cognate with Old Norse þrǫngr (“narrow, close, tight”). Related to English thring (“to press”).

Etymology 3

From thring (“to press, squeeze”).

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