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þurstig

(adj.)
Grammar
þurstig, adj.

Thirsty

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Swá hwá swá sylþ ceald wæter drincan ánum þurstigan menn, Homl. Th. i. 582, 24: ii. 106, 15: Wulfst. 287, 20. Hwænne gesáwe wé ðé þurstine? 288, 21. Þurstige múðe, Ps. Th. 61, 4. Þurstige þræcwíges, Cd. Th. 189, 9; Exod. 182. Heolfres þurstge, Exon.

Linked entry: þyrstig

þurst

(n.)
Grammar
þurst, es; m.

Thirst

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Thirst (lit. and fig.) 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

ungemet-þurst

(n.)
Grammar
ungemet-þurst, es; m.

Excessive thirst

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Excessive thirst Se háta maga ungemetþurst þrowaþ, Lchdm. ii. 160, 4

Linked entry: þurst

þrǽc-wíg

(n.)
Grammar
þrǽc-wíg, es; m.
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Hard fighting Þurstige þræcwíges, Cd. Th. 189, 9; Exod. 182

hunig-swéte

(adj.)
Grammar
hunig-swéte, adj.

mellifluous

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Sweet as honey, mellifluous Hé hlód ðá mid þurstigum breóste ða flówendan láre ðe hé eft æfter fyrste mid hunigswéttre þrotan bealcette, Th. An. 45, 4

céling

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Se þurstiga gewilnað wæteres célincge, Hml. S. 8, 25. Eówre gléda náne hǽtan ne gedóð, ac swíðor célinge, Hml. Th. i. 430, 13. Wé férdon þurh fýr and þú ús lǽddest on célincge (kélinge, Ps. L. 65, 12) in refrigerium, Hml. S. 4, 340. Add

scencan

(v.)
Grammar
scencan, te

To skink

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Hwænne gesáwe wé ðé þurstigne, and wé ðé scencton? Homl. Th. ii. 108, 4-11: i. 336, 3:Wulfst. 288, 15. Ðá hí him betwih beadowíg scencton ðæs heofonlíces lífes dum sese alterutrum coelestis vitae poculis debriarent Bd. 4, 29 ; S. 607, 17.