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þrǽsting

  • noun [ feminine ]
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þrǽsting, e; f.
Torment, affliction
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  • Swá hé sceal etan ðætte hiene sió gewilnung ðære gífernesse of his módes fæstrǽdnesse ne gebrenge, ne eft sió ðrǽsting (ðrǽsðing, Hatt. MS.) ðæs líchoman ðæt mód ne áscrence mid upáhæfennesse

    ne aut illos appetitus gulae a mentis statu dejiciat, aut istos afflicta caro ex elatione supplantet,

    • Past. 43
    • ;
    • Swt. 316, 7.
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  • þrǽsting, n.