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þrístness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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þrístness, e; f.
Boldness, presumption, temerity
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  • Ðrísnes

    praesumptio,

    • Kent. Gl. 1169.
  • Mid þrýstnesse dyrstigere

    praesumptione temeraria,

    • Anglia xiii. 383, 262.
  • On þrístnysse

    in temeritate,

    • Scint. 139, 3.
  • Hé yfel þurh þrístnysse gefremede

    malum per audaciam perpetravit,

    • 40, 5.
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  • þrístness, n.