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

  1. bold
  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
  • 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
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