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wrist

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
wrist, e; f.
A wrist
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  • Gif hit ánfeald tyhtle sý, dúfe seo, hand æfter ðam stáne óð ða wriste; and gif hit þryfeald sý, óð ðæne elbogan,

    • L. Ath. iv. 7
    • ;
    • Th. i. 226, 17.
Etymology
[
Wryst or wyrste of an hande fragus,
    Prompt. Parv. 534.
The wryste or a knokyl fragus,
    Wülck. Gl. 584, 27.
A wyrste,
    678, 40.
O. Frs. hand-wirst
:
M. H. Ger. rist, riste wrist, instep
:
Icel. rist instep
;
Dan. vrist.
]
Similar entries
v. cneów-wyrste, hand-wyrst (-wrist).
Linked entries
v.  wyrst.
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  • wrist, n.