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wrǽst

  • adjective
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Grammar
wrǽst, wrǽste, wrást; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§426;
delicate, elegant, splendid
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  • Wrást

    delicatus,

      Txts. 55, 630.

  • Wrástum (urastnm)

    delicatis,

      55, 645.

  • Hé hine wǽdum wrǽstum geteóde,

      Ps. Th. 108, 18.

  • Óð wígbedes wrǽste hornas,

      117, 25.

  • Ne ðé on ðínum selegescotum swíðe lícaþ, þeáh ðe weras wyrcean wrǽst on eorðan,

      146, 11.

  • Rose wynlíc weaxeþ; ic eom wrǽstre þonne heó,

    • Exon. Th. 423, 23
      • ;
    • Rä. 41, 26.
noble, excellent
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  • Ðú út álǽddest wrǽstne wíngeard. . . . Ðú him his wyrtruman wrǽstne settest,

      Ps. Th. 79, 8-9.

  • Nolde ic ðíne gewitnesse wrǽste forlǽtan,

      118, 157.

  • Hé on his welan spéde wrǽste gelrúwode,

      51, 6.

  • Hí ne wiston wrǽstran rǽd

    they knew not a more excellent way,

    • Cd. Th. 227, 6
      • ;
    • Dan. 182.
Similar entries
v. un-wrǽst.
Linked entries
v.  wrǽstan wrást.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “wrǽst.” 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/36573.

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