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hyrst

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
hyrst, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§390;
An ornament, a decoration, jewel, anything of value, trapping, equipment, armour, implement
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  • Hyrsta

    falerarum,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 74.
  • Hryste

    farelas,

    • 108, 34.
  • Hyrsta scýne bord and brád swyrd brúne helmas

    beautiful equipments, shield and broad sword, brown helms,

    • Judth. 12
    • ;
    • Thw. 26, 9
    • ;
    • Jud. 317
    • :
    • Fins. Th. 41
    • ;
    • Fin. 20
    • .
  • Bég and siglu eall swylce hyrsta swylce on horde ǽr men genumen hæfdon

    ring[s] and jewels, just such ornaments as before men had taken in the hoard,

    • Beo. Th. 6309
    • ;
    • B. 3165
    • .
  • Íren byrnan heard swyrd hilted and his helm háres hyrste

    the iron byrnie, the hard and hilted sword, and his helm, the hoary one's equipments,

    • 5968
    • ;
    • B. 2988
    • .
  • Hyrste [hyrsta, Soul Kmbl. 114] ða reádan ne gold ne seolfor

    [not] the red ornaments, nor gold nor silver,

    • Exon. 99 a
    • ;
    • Th. 370, 15
    • ;
    • Seel. 57
    • .
  • Hwílum mec áhebbaþ hyrste míne

    sometimes my trappings [wings] raise me up,

    • 103 a
    • ;
    • Th. 390, 1
    • ;
    • Rä. 8, 4
    • :
    • 103 b
    • ;
    • Th. 392, 16
    • ;
    • Rä. 11, 8
    • :
    • Th. 392, 24
    • ;
    • Rä. 12, 1
    • .
  • Hyrste gerím rodores tungel

    number [heaven's] ornaments, the stars of the firmament,

    • Cd. 100
    • ;
    • Th. 132, 7
    • ;
    • Gen. 2189.
  • Ðeáh ðe hyrsta unrím ǽhte

    though he owned jewels unnumbered,

    • Exon. 66 b
    • ;
    • Th. 245, 12
    • ;
    • Jul. 43
    • .
  • Ne mót hé ðara hyrsta hionane lǽdan wuhte ðon máre hordgestreóna ðonne hé hiðer brohte

    defunctum leves non comitantur opes,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 14, 17-22
    • ;
    • Met. 14, 9-11
    • .
  • Fyrnmanna fatu hyrstum behrorene

    vessels of men of old, deprived of their ornaments,

    • Beo. Th. 5517
    • ;
    • B. 2762
    • .
  • Hilderincas hyrstum gewerede,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 526
    • ;
    • El. 263
    • .
  • Hyrstum frætwed wlitig on wáge.

    • Exon. 104 a; Th. 395, 22
    • ;
    • Rä. 15, 11
    • :
    • 108 b
    • ;
    • Th. 413, 15
    • ;
    • Rä. 32, 20
    • :
    • 113 b
    • ;
    • Th. 436, 1
    • ;
    • Rä. 54, 7
    • :
    • 129 a
    • ;
    • Th. 495, 22
    • ;
    • Rä. 85, 7
    • .
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. hrusti, Grff. ii. 546
]
Derived forms
ge-, wíg-hyrst
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