thurs

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === thirs, thrisse, thrusse, thurse, thursse, thyrce, þurs === Etymology === From Old English þyrs, from Proto-West Germanic *þuris, from Proto-Germanic *þurisaz. Forms with -u- are partly a native development of OE -y-, but are also due to influence from Old Norse þurs. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈθirs/, /ˈθris/, /ˈθurs/, /ˈθrus/ === Noun === thurs A demon; a creature of evil. (rare) A beast; a monstrous creature. ==== Descendants ==== English: thurse ==== References ==== “thurs(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 27 November 2018.