þriste
Old English
Alternative forms
- þrīst
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *þrīstiz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréystis. Cognate with Dutch driest (“bold”) and Latin trīstis (“sad”)
Adjective
þrīste
- bold
- presumptuous, audacious, shameless
Declension
Declension of þrīste — Strong
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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Nominative | þrīste | þrīstu, þrīsto | þrīste |
Accusative | þrīstne | þrīste | þrīste |
Genitive | þrīstes | þrīstre | þrīstes |
Dative | þrīstum | þrīstre | þrīstum |
Instrumental | þrīste | þrīstre | þrīste |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | þrīste | þrīsta, þrīste | þrīstu, þrīsto |
Accusative | þrīste | þrīsta, þrīste | þrīstu, þrīsto |
Genitive | þrīstra | þrīstra | þrīstra |
Dative | þrīstum | þrīstum | þrīstum |
Instrumental | þrīstum | þrīstum | þrīstum |
Declension of þrīste — Weak
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | þrīsta | þrīste | þrīste |
Accusative | þrīstan | þrīstan | þrīste |
Genitive | þrīstan | þrīstan | þrīstan |
Dative | þrīstan | þrīstan | þrīstan |
Instrumental | þrīstan | þrīstan | þrīstan |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | þrīstan | þrīstan | þrīstan |
Accusative | þrīstan | þrīstan | þrīstan |
Genitive | þrīstra, þrīstena | þrīstra, þrīstena | þrīstra, þrīstena |
Dative | þrīstum | þrīstum | þrīstum |
Instrumental | þrīstum | þrīstum | þrīstum |
Derived terms
- þrīstfull (“presumptuous”)
- þrīsthyċġan (“thinking boldly”)
- þrīstlǣcan (“to become bold, dare, presume”)
- þrīstling (“bold person”)
- þrīstness (“boldness, presumption, temerity”)
- unþrīste (“timid, faint-hearted”)
Descendants
- Middle English: thriste, thrist
Adverb
þrīste
- boldly, confidently
- presumptuously, audaciously, shamelessly
References
- þrīste in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
- þrīste in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary