Ge-þrǽstan

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

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-þrǽstan
p. -þrǽste; pp. -þrǽst To twist, hurt, torment, afflict; contĕrĕre, afflīgere :-- Gefeóll he semninga on his earm ufan, and ðone swýðe geþrǽste and gebræc repente corrŭens brachĭum contrīvit, Bd. 3, 2; S. 525, 2. Se hǽleþ heortan geþrǽste qui sānat contrītos corde, Ps. Th. 146, 3. Weorþen hí swá geþrǽste mid hungre ðæt hi eton swýnen flǽsc may they be so tormented with hunger as to eat swine flesh, Ps. Th. 16, 14. On ðám dagum ðe ic geþrǽsted wæs in die afflictionis meæ, 17, 19. Godes engel hí geþrǽste angelus Domini adfligens eos, 34, 6. ge-þræstan
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