Obs. Also 4 þroliche, throle. [f. THRO, THRA a. + -LY2.] In a ‘thro’ manner; obstinately; angrily, furiously, fiercely, violently; eagerly, keenly.
13[?]. Cursor M., 196 (Cott.) Iuus iesu oft … for his sermon thrali thrette [so F.]. Ibid., 880 (C.). Mi fere, Þat þou me gaf mi wijf to be; Ful thrali [so F.; G. stiffli] first sco bedde it me.
1340–70. Alisaunder, 215. Hee thought on this thing þroliche in hert.
c. 1350. Will. Palerne, 103. He … þroliche þonked god mani þousand siþes.
1362. Langl., P. Pl., A. IX. 107. Þroly we eoden Disputyng on Dowel.
a. 1400[?]. Morte Arth., 1150. Þe theefe at þe dede thrawe so throly hyme thryngez, Þat three rybbys in his syde he thrystez in sundere.
a. 1400–50. Alexander, 707 (Dubl. MS.). Thik & thraly [MS. Ashm. þrathly] am I thrett & thole must I sone Þe slauughter of my awne sonne.
c. 1400. Destr. Troy, 1987. [It] Thonret full throly with a thicke haile. Ibid., 7040. Throly the þre men thronght hym aboute.
c. 1450. St. Cuthbert (Surtees), 5705. Þe man thraly Forth on his way he ȝode.
1535. Stewart, Cron. Scot. (Rolls), I. 407. So thralie than togidder that thai thrist, That speiris brak.
