- þrotbolla
- m (-n/-n) gullet, windpipe, larynx
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
Rotbolla — See Rottboelia … Etymological dictionary of grasses
throat — O.E. þrote (implied in þrotbolla the Adam s apple, larynx, lit. throat boll ), related to þrutian to swell, from P.Gmc. *thrut (Cf. O.H.G. drozza, Ger. Drossel, O.S. strota, M.Du. strote, Du. strot throat ), perhaps from PIE *trud … Etymology dictionary
throatbolle — sb. == windpipe. Rel. S. v. 173. AS. þrótbolla … Oldest English Words