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þurst

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
þurst, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§111;
Thirst (lit. and fig.)
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  • Ne biþ ðǽr hungor ne þurst,

    • Blickl. Homl. 65, 19: Exon. 101, 20
    • ;
    • Cri. 5661.
  • Beóð ðé hungor and þurst hearde gewinnan,

    • 118, 27
    • ;
    • Gú. 246
    • .
  • Hungorse háta ne se hearde þurst,

    • 238, 33
    • ;
    • Ph. 613.
  • Se háta þurst,

    • 430, 6
    • ;
    • Rä. 44, 3.
  • Ne biþ se ðurst gefýlled heora gítsunga,

    • Bt. 7, 4
    • ;
    • Fox 22, 31.
  • Ðú woldest ús ofsleán mid þurste (

    siti

    ),
    • Ex. 17, 3.
  • On ðurste mínum hí drencton mé mid ecede,

    • Ps. Spl. 68, 26: 103, 12.
  • On hungre and on þurste hé biþ áféded,

    • Blickl. Homl. 59, 35: Homl. Th. i. 392, 7.
  • Drihten ásent hungor on eów and þurst and næcede,

    • Deut. 28, 48.
  • Ðeós wyrt þyrstendon ðone þurst gelíþigaþ,

    • Lchdnt. i. 268, 12.
Etymology
[
Goth. þaurstei; f.
:
O. Sax. O. L. Ger. thurst
:
O. H. Ger. durst
:
Icel. þorsti.
]
Similar entries
v. ungemet-þurst, þyrst.
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  • þurst, n.