Wrǽst

Selon le Dictionnaire Anglo-Saxon :

wrǽste, wrást;

wrǽst

adj. I. delicate, elegant, splendid :-- Wrást delicatus, Txts. 55, 630. Wrástum (urastnm) delicatis, 55, 645. Hé hine wǽdum wrǽstum geteóde, Ps. Th. 108, 18. Óð wígbedes wrǽste hornas, 117, 25. Ne ðé on ðínum selegescotum swíðe lícaþ, þeáh ðe weras wyrcean wrǽst on eorðan, 146, 11. Rose wynlíc weaxeþ; ic eom wrǽstre þonne heó, Exon. Th. 423, 23 ; Rä. 41, 26. II. noble, excellent :-- Ðú út álǽddest wrǽstne wíngeard. . . . Ðú him his wyrtruman wrǽstne settest, Ps. Th. 79, 8-9. Nolde ic ðíne gewitnesse wrǽste forlǽtan, 118, 157. Hé on his welan spéde wrǽste gelrúwode, 51, 6. Hí ne wiston wrǽstran rǽd they knew not a more excellent way, Cd. Th. 227, 6; Dan. 182.

Mots connexes: un-wrǽst. wræst