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Old English · adjective

þriste

Normalised þrīste

Part of speech
adjective
Modern English
confidentlypresumptuousaudaciouslypresumptuouslyshamelesslyboldlyaudaciousbold

þriste1 · adjective

Senses

  1. bold, brave

    Swīþe þrȳste þū wǣre þā.

    Very brave you were then.

    Ælfric's Coloquy

  2. presumptuous, audacious, shameless

Declension

Strong declension of þriste
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative þrīsteþrīstuþrīstoþrīste
Accusative þrīstneþrīsteþrīste
Genitive þrīstesþrīstreþrīstes
Dative þrīstumþrīstreþrīstum
Instrumental þrīsteþrīstreþrīste
Plural
Nominative þrīsteþrīstaþrīsteþrīstuþrīsto
Accusative þrīsteþrīstaþrīsteþrīstuþrīsto
Genitive þrīstraþrīstraþrīstra
Dative þrīstumþrīstumþrīstum
Instrumental þrīstumþrīstumþrīstum
Weak declension of þriste
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative þrīstaþrīsteþrīste
Accusative þrīstanþrīstanþrīste
Genitive þrīstanþrīstanþrīstan
Dative þrīstanþrīstanþrīstan
Instrumental þrīstanþrīstanþrīstan
Plural
Nominative þrīstanþrīstanþrīstan
Accusative þrīstanþrīstanþrīstan
Genitive þrīstraþrīstenaþrīstraþrīstenaþrīstraþrīstena
Dative þrīstumþrīstumþrīstum
Instrumental þrīstumþrīstumþrīstum

þriste2 · adverb

Senses

  1. boldly, confidently

  2. presumptuously, audaciously, shamelessly

All forms (11)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þrīstī.

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