Ge-hirstan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-hirstan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-hirstan
to fry. Take here ge-hyrstan in Dict. , and add: (1) lit. :-- Bærned vel gehyrsted frigi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 77 : 36, 42. Gāte blǣdre āhyrste, sele etan, sume swā gehyrste gegnīdaþ tō dūste, Lch. ii. 88, 26. Haran sina gedrȳgede and mid sealte gebrǣdde and gehyrste, i. 344, 13. (2) figurative :-- Hwæt is dinga þe dæs lāreówes mōd swīdur gehierste and gegremige donne se anda de for ryhtwīsnesse bid ūp āhafen quid vere acrius doctoris mentem quam zelus Dei frigit et excruciat ?, Past. 164, 2. ge-hirstan
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