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þrǽstan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
þrǽstan, p. te.
to twist, writhe, roll about
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  • Ðæt hors on misenlíce dǽlas hit wond and ðrǽste

    cum diversas in partes se torqueret,

    • Bd. 3, 9
      • ;
    • S. 533, 36.

  • Hé misenlícum styrenessum ongan his limu ðrǽstan

    diversis motibus coepit membra torquere,

    • 3, 11
      • ;
    • S. 536, 15.
to torture, torment, harass, plague, afflict
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  • Ǽnne of ðám mannum ðe hí on ðam fýre bærndon anð ðrǽston

    unum de eis quos in ignibus torrebant,

    • 3, 19
      • ;
    • S. 548, 48.

  • Ðætte Bryttas hié sylfe ðrǽston (

    contriverint

    )

    on ingefeohtum,

    • 1, 22
      • ;
    • S. 485, 11.

  • Mé þræscende (þrǽstende?),

    • Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 554.

  • Hé grimme sáre ongan ðrǽsted beón (

    torqueri

    ),
    • Bd. 5, 13
      • ;
    • S. 632, 59.

  • Ða unríman mænigeo ðrǽste wǽron

    innumerabilis multitudo torqueretur,

    • 5, 12
      • ;
    • S. 628, 4.

  • Missenlícum cwealmnyssum ðréste

    diversibus cruciatibus torti,

    • 1, 7
      • ;
    • S. 479, 13.
to press, constrain
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  • Tó nirwienne ł tó þrǽstenne

    artandum, constringendum,

    • Hpt. Gl. 480, 32.

  • [Is] þrǽst

    compellitur, coartatur,

    • 469, 20.
Etymology
[In later English the word seems mostly used intransitively, to press in, on, out Monie þurles, þer þet water þrest in,
  • A. R. 314, 54
. Þreaste smoke ut,
  • Marh. 9, 6.
He þraste to þan fihte,
  • Laym. 27644.
Moni þusenden þrasten ut of telden,
  • 26318
. Heo þresten in uppon me irruerunt super me,
  • A. R. 220, 31
. Mine cnihtes scullen þræsten (preaste, 2nd MS.) biforen me,
  • Laym. 23373.
He thurgh the thikkeste of the throng gan threste,
  • Chauc. Kn. T. 1754.
]
Similar entries
v. á-, for-, ge-þrǽstan.
Linked entries
v.  a-þrǽstan þræscende for-þrǽstan.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “þrǽstan.” 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/31987.

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