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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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  • Móna se sixta ... se ðe bið ácenned, þríste, mǽre,

    • Lchdm. iii. 186, 15.

  • Ic ofstikode bár. Swíþe þrýste ( audax ) ðú wǽre ðá,

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 22, 19.

  • Þríste sceal mid cénum,

    • Exon. Th. 337, 8
      • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 61.

  • Gewát hé ( Andrew ) þríste on geþance,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 473
      • ;
    • An. 237.

  • Elene, þríste on geþance,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 533
      • ;
    • El. 267.

  • Eorl unforcúð, elnes gemyndig, þríst and þrohtheard,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2529
      • ;
    • An. 1266.

  • Þríst, þonces gleáw,

    • Exon. Th. 207, 19
      • ;
    • Ph. 144.

  • Geþinga ús þrístum wordum,

    • 21, 30
      • ;
    • Cri. 342: Cd. Th. 242, 27
      • ;
    • Dan. 425.

  • Ic ǽnig ne métte þrístran geþóhtes, mægþa cynnes,

    • Exon. Th. 275, 14
      • ;
    • Jul. 550.
in a bad sense, bold, presumptuous, audacious, shameless
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  • Ðý læs hé tó ðríste sié for ðý underfenge his láreówdómes

    ne doctrinam praesumtio extollat,

    • Past. proem.
      • ;
    • Swt. 23, 23.

  • Ðonne hé wilnaþ on his móde ðæt hé sciele rícsian hé bið swíðe forht and swíðe behealden; ðonne hé hæfð ðæt hé habban wolde, hé bið swíðe ðríste

    mens principari appetens fit ad hoc pavida, cum quaerit, audax cum pervenerit,

    • 9
      • ;
    • Swt. 57, 4.

  • Mǽden ofermódig, þríste on líchaman mid manegum werum,

    • Lchdm, iii. 190, 16.
    (Cf. mǽden módig, dyrstig, manega weras wilnigende,
    • 25
    .)

  • Ic ( the devil ) wénde þríste geþoncge, ðæt ic ðé meahte bútan earfeþum áhwyrfan from hálor,

    • Exon. Th. 264, 2
      • ;
    • Jul. 358.

  • Forhwon beóð suǽ ðríste ða ungelǽredan ðæt hí underfón ða heorde ðæs láriówdómes

    ab imperitis pastorale magisterium qua temeritate suscipitur?

    • Past. 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 25, 16.

  • Ða ðe tó ðam þríste sýn, ðæt hig God oferseóð,

    • Wulfst. 270, 23.

  • Hié wǽron womma ðríste, inwitfulle,

    • Cd. Th. 77, 9
      • ;
    • Gen. 1272.

  • Tó frece, synna þríste,

    • 155, 31
      • ;
    • Gen. 2581.

  • Wǽron Sodomisc cynn synnum þríste,

    • 116, 13
      • ;
    • Gen. 1935.

  • Wed gesyllan eallra unsnyttro, þrístra geþonca,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 2569
      • ;
    • El. 1286.

  • Ic þrísta sum þeófes cræfte,

    • Exon. Th. 486, 24
      • ;
    • Rä. 72, 20.
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.
Similar entries
v. ellen-, gár-, un-, wíg-þríste(-þríst).
Linked entries
v.  þrístling þrýste.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “þríste.” 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/32106.

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