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þyrstan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
þyrstan, p. te
Wright's OE grammar
§112; §306; §530;
To thirst.
Grammar
þyrstan, used impersonally,
Grammar
þyrstan, with acc. of person
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  • Mé þyrst (ic ðyrsto, Lind., Rush.)

    sitio,

    • Jn. Skt. 19, 28.

  • Ne þyrst ðone nǽfre ðe on mé gelýfð (se ðe giléfeð(-es, Lind.) on mec ne ðyrsteð(-es, Lind.) ǽfre, Rush.)

    qui credit in me non sitiet umquam,

    • 6, 35.

  • Míne sáwle þyrst

    sitivit anima mea,

    • Ps. Th. 41, 2.

  • Ða men ne þyrst,

    • Lchdm. ii. 194, 12.

  • Mé þyrste (mec þyrste, Rush.)

    sitivi,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 25, 35.

  • Mínne þegn þyrste and mínne here,

    • Nar. 8, 11.

  • Hine ðyrstte,

    • Past. 36
      • ;
    • Swt. 261, 16.

  • Ðæt mé ne þyrste (ꝥ ic ne ðyrste(-o, Lind.), Rush.)

    ut non sitiam,

    • Jn. Skt. 4, 15.

  • Cume tó mé se ðe hine þyrste (se ðe ðyrsteð, Lind.: gif hwelc ðyrste, Rush.)

    qui sitit veniat ad me,

    • 7, 37.

  • Ongan ðone oferhýdygan þyrstan on deáþ,

    • Shrn. 130, 1.

  • Drihten ealle ða gefylde, ða ðe hié orl eorþan léton hingrian and þyrstan for his noman,

    • Blickl. Homl. 159, 17.
Grammar
þyrstan, with acc. of person and gen. of object of thirst :
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  • --Ðeáh ðæt folc ðyrste ðære láre,

    • Past. 2
      • ;
    • Swt. 31, 7.
Grammar
þyrstan, with dat. of person
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  • Ðyrste sáwle mínre

    sitivit anima mea,

    • Ps. Spl. 41, 2: 62, 2.

  • Swá hwam swá ðyrste, cume tó mé,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 274, 3.
Grammar
þyrstan, with nom. of person suffering thirst; see also extracts from Northern Gospels in I.
Grammar
þyrstan, absolute
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  • Mín sáwl on ðé þyrsteþ

    sitivit in te anima mea,

    • Ps. Th. 62, 1.

  • Ðyrsteþ sáwul mín,

    • Ps. Surt. 42, 3: 62, 2.

  • Hwænne gesáwe wé ðé þyrstendne,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 25, 37, 44.

  • Heó þyrstendon ðone þurst gelíþigaþ,

    • Lchdm. i. 268, 11.
Grammar
þyrstan, with gen. (or acc.?) of object of thirst
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  • Flǽsc ðonne hit God þyrst

    caro tunc Deum sitit,

    • Scint. 54, 6.

  • Eádige ða ðe þyrstaþ rihtwísnysse (

    institiam

    ),
    • 49, 17.

  • Ða ðe rihtwísnesse þyrstaþ (lǽt hig þyrstan, MS. A.),

    • Mt. Kmbl. 5, 6.

  • Ðú ðe þyrstende wǽre monnes blódes,

    • Ors. 2, 4
      • ;
    • Swt. 76, 33.

  • Hió ðyrstende wæs on symbel mannes blódes,

    • 1, 2
      • ;
    • Swt. 30, 27.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. thurstian (impers.)
:
O. H. Ger. dursten (pers. and impers.)
:
Icel. þyrsta (impers.),
cf.
Goth. þaursjan (impers.) to thirst.
]
Similar entries
v. ge-þyrst, of-þyrsted, sin-þyrstende; þyrre.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “þyrstan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/32446.

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