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Add: — Geþrǽste attrivit,
    Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 11: contrivit, 134, 80.
to crush material, break to pieces, smash. v. ge-þrǽstedness:
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  • Mid þy fylle ðæs wáges forþryccende hé geþrǽste (tócwýsde, v. l.) ǽnne þára muneca

    parietem evertit, atque unum monachum opprimens ruina contrivit,

      Gr. D. 125, 6.

  • Geðrǽste geatu ðá ǽrenan,

      Ps. Vos. 106, 16.

  • Ðá heán muntas beóð genehhe mid heofenfýre geþrǽste,

      Wlfst. 262, 15.
to destroy
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  • Ealle trymenesse hláfes geðræste,

      Ps. Vos. 104, 16.
to vex, distress, afflict.
the body
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  • Þá ásweóll him se líchama ... sárlíce hé wæs mid þám sáre geswenced ... þá sǽde hé him þone intingan þurh hwæt hé ǽrest swá geþrǽst wǽre (

    causam vexationis suae narrabat

    ),
      Guth. Gr. 153, 18.

  • Ic wæs swíðe geþrést for þyses wéstenes wæter wǽdlnesse,

      Hml. S. 23 b, 537.
the mind
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  • Gif þú gesihst éhtere þínne þearle wédende, wite þú þæt fram átendendum his deófle byþ geþrǽst (

    ab accensore suo demone (p)urguetur

    ),
      Scint. 208, 4.
to constrain, bind, confine
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  • Geþrǽst

    artatur, i. constringitur,

      An. Ox. 2121.

  • Sí geþrǽst, gehæft

    mancipatur, i. retinetur, 1164; mancipatur, i. commendetur,

    2352.

  • Gescriuene, geþrǽste addicti (geþrésde

    adducti,

      Hpt. Gl. 440, 37), 1452.

  • Geþrǽste

    artabantur,

    4876.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-þrǽstan.” 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/50133.

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