pa. pple.: see THRO v. Hence Throdden v., north. dial. intr., to grow, to thrive: see quots.
1641. Best, Farm. Bks. (Surtees), 5. Neyther will it [a lamb] throden (as the shepheardes say) till such time as the cowe milke bee all voyded.
1690. Ray, N. C. Words, 75. To Throdden; to grow, to thrive, to wax, to sturken.
1877. Kath. S. Macquoid, Doris Barugh (1878), I. i. 20–1. T’ stock throddens weel.
1894. Northumb. Gloss., Throdden, to make grow, to thrive. Hence throdden and throddy, plump, fat, well thriven.
