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þríst-lǽcan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
þríst-lǽcan, p. -lǽhte; pp. -lǽht
Wright's OE grammar
§658;
To become bold, to dare, presume
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  • þrístlǽcaþ biddan

    audemus rogare,

    • Hymn. Surt. 111, 34.
  • Hié sint tó manianne ðæt hié nó ðý swíður wið hié ne ðrístlǽcen (ðrisð-, Hatt. MS.)

    admonendi sunt, ne contra eos audaciores fiant,

    • Past. 28
    • ;
    • Swt. 196, 5.
  • Be ðære árfæstan Godes cennestran mildheortnysse þrýstlǽcende, ic me of ðære stówe ástyrede, ðe ic ðis gebæd,

    • Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 457.
Etymology
[Awah þet he efre wulle þristelechen oðer biþenchen mid his fule heorte þe heo wulle underfon swa heȝ þing swa is Cristes licome in his sunfulle buke,
  • O. E. Homl. i. 25, 30.
]
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v. ge-þrístlǽcan.
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