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þríste

  • adjective
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Grammar
þríste, and þríst; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§434;
Bold,
in a good sense
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in a bad sense, bold, presumptuous, audacious, shameless
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Etymology
ȝif he were swa þriste, and he hit don durste, ꝥ he heom wolde leaden,
  • Laym. 356.
Þer þe dusie mon bið þriste,
  • O. E. Homl. i. 117, 23.
Ne helpþ noht þat þu beo so þriste, ich wolde fihte bet mid liste þan þu mid alle þine strengþe,
  • O. and N. 171
. To uvele we beoþ al to þriste,
  • P. L. S. 8, 10.
O. Sax. thrísti: Ger. dreist.
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v. ellen-, gár-, un-, wíg-þríste(-þríst).
Linked entries
v.  þrístling þrýste.
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  • þríste, adj.