thring

Meaning

1. To thrust; crowd; press; squeeze.
2. To push; to force one's way.

Translations

dringen

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: thringen

Inherited from Old English: þringan

In summary

From Middle English thringen, from Old English þringan (“to press, squeeze, crowd”), from Proto-West Germanic *þringwan, from Proto-Germanic *þrinhwaną (“to press, throng, crush”), from Proto-Indo-European *trenkʷ- (“to beat, hew, press”).