þriste

Old English

Alternative forms

• þrīst

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þrīstī.

Adjective

þrīste

1. bold, brave
   • Ælfric's Coloquy

     Swīþe þrȳste þū wǣre þā.

     Very brave you were then.

2. presumptuous, audacious, shameless

Declension

Declension of þrīste — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
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

1. boldly, confidently
2. presumptuously, audaciously, shamelessly

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “þrīste”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “þrīste”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.