For-þrǽstan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

for-þrǽstan

Add: to destroy by pressure. (1) to crush, break to pieces :-- Toeð synfulra ðú forðrǽstes (conteruisti), Ps. Srt. 3, 8. Forðrǽst (contere) earm ðes synfullan, 9, 36. Boga bið forðrésted, 36, 15. Reód forþrést calamum quassatum, R. Ben. I. 108, 8. Forþrǽste obtruncati, An. Ox. 805. (2) to strangle, choke :-- Forsmored, forþrǽstum suffocato, An. Ox. 1481. Woruldcara forsmoriað ðæs módes ðrotan ... swilce hí ðone líflican blǽd forðrǽstne ácwellon, Hml. Th. ii. 92, 12. [N. E. D. forthrast.] for-þræstan