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for-þrǽstan

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Add: to destroy by pressure.
to crush, break to pieces
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  • Toeð synfulra ðú forðrǽstes (

    conteruisti

    ),
      Ps. Srt. 3, 8.
  • Forðrǽst (

    contere

    ) earm ðes synfullan,
      9, 36.
  • Boga bið forðrésted,

      36, 15.
  • Reód forþrést

    calamum quassatum,

      R. Ben. I. 108, 8.
  • Forþrǽste

    obtruncati,

      An. Ox. 805.
to strangle, choke
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  • Forsmored, forþrǽstum

    suffocato,

      An. Ox. 1481.
  • Woruldcara forsmoriað ðæs módes ðrotan ... swilce hí ðone líflican blǽd forðrǽstne ácwellon,

      Hml. Th. ii. 92, 12.
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[v. N. E. D. forthrast.]
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  • for-þrǽstan,