Definition of the word throng with

The word "throng with" is a preposition followed by a noun, and it originated in Middle English around the 14th century. The Old English phrase that it replaced was "town tham" meaning "in the town". "Throng" comes from the Middle English word "thrangh" meaning "a crowd". As the use of "town tham" faded, writers began to replace it with "throng with" in order to convey the idea of being surrounded by large numbers of people or things. The first recorded use of "throng with" was in the 14th century literary work "The Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer, where he wrote "This was a pryvete church, wher as ther was noon belyng/ Montheth and chircheyng of a nyghty thyngge,/ Of pilgrymes thynkynge on hygh pry voyauntage/ Thanne were the stremes of this litel chirche/ Thogh erthe and herbmong crew myghte bigynne/ To hyndrynne tho sondrys wykked others synke". Since then, "throng with" has been used widely in literature and everyday language to convey a sense of crowdedness or abundance, such as "the shopping mall was thronged with people" or "the park was thronged with flowers". It has truly become a part of the English vocabulary, catering to the need to convey the sense of throng in a concise and clear manner.