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gristbitian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
gristbitian, p. ode, ede
To gnash or grind the teeth; frendere, stridere
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  • Ic cearcige oððe gristbitige strideo vel

    strido,

      Ælfc. Gr. 26; Som. 29, 7.
  • Tóþum gristbitaþ [gristbitteþ, Lind.]

    stridet dentibus,

      Mk. Skt. 9, 18.
  • He grennade and gristbitade

    he grinned and ground his teeth.

      Exon. 74 b; Th. 278, 12; Jul. 596.
  • Gristbitedon mid heora tóþum ongeán me

    striderunt in me dentibus suis,

      Ps. Th. 34, 16.
  • He ongan mid his tóþum gristbitian

    cæpit dentibus frendere,

      Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 14: Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 21; Jud. 271.
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v.  gristbátian.
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