Of-þyrsted

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - of-þyrsted

According to the Old English Dictionary:

-þyrst;

of-Þyrsted
part. Possessed with exceeding thirst, very thirsty, athirst :-- Hé wearþ swíðe ofþyrst sitiens valde, Jud. 15, 18. Eádige beóþ ða ðe sind ofbingrode and ofþyrste æfter rihtwísnysse. Homl. Th. i. 550, 34. Níþes ofþyrsted thirsting for strife, Cd. Th. 3, 7 ; Gen. 32. Olþyrsted gástes drynces, Soul Kmbl. 80; Seel. 40. [Cf. Goth. af-þaursiþs thirsty.] of-þyrsted
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