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þríste

  • adverb
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Grammar
þríste, adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§434;
Boldly,
in a good sense, confidently, without apprehension, fear, hesitation, reserve
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  • Hé þríste genéðde on óðre dǽlas,

    • Apstls. Kmbl. 100
      • ;
    • Ap. 50.

  • Hé þríste bebeád, ðæt hié his láre, lǽston,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 3303
      • ;
    • An. 1654: Elen. Kmbl. 818
      • ;
    • El. 409.

  • Ne wæs ǽnig ðæt né þus þríste hrínan dorste,

    • Exon. Th. 273, 4
      • ;
    • Jul. 511.

  • Heó ne meahte þríste geþencan, hú ymb ðæt sceolde

    she could not think with confidence of the event,

    • 378, 6
      • ;
    • Deór. 12.

  • Ic mundbyrd on ðé þríste hæfde

    in te confirmatus sum,

    • Ps. Th. 70, 5.

  • Ic ðín bebod þríste gelýfde,

    • 118, 66.
in a bad sense, without sense of shame, presumptuously, audaciously
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  • Heó þríste ongan wið Sarran swíðe winnan,

    • Cd. Th. 135, 10
      • ;
    • Gen. 2240.

  • Gé him þríste oftugon

    ye had no misgivings when ye refused them help,

    • Exon. Th. 92, 18
      • ;
    • Cri. 1510.
Grammar
þríste, in the Psalms þríste seems used several times with an intensive force, much as swíðe is used
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  • Þa þearfendan þríste Drihten gehýreþ holdlíce

    hears attentively and graciously;

    exaudivit pauperes

    • Dominus, Ps. Th. 68, 34.

  • Hé þearfena bearn þríste hǽleþ

    completely saves;

    salvos faciet filios pauperum,

    • 71, 4: 82, 4: 112, 6.

  • Ealle hine þeóda þríste heriaþ

    greatly praise;

    magnificabunt,

    18.

  • Þríste ongunnon georne slépan ða ðe on horsum wǽron,

    • 75, 5.

  • Ðú míne geðóhtas þríste oncneówe

    thou didst thoroughly know my thoughts;

    intellexisti cogitationes meas,

    • 138, 2.

  • Hé þearfendra ðríste éhte

    he persecuted the poor exceedingly;

    persecutus est hominem pauperem,

    • 108, 16.
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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/32107.

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