Þrístness

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - þrístness

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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þrístness
f. Boldness, presumption, temerity :-- Ðrísnes praesumptio, Kent. Gl. 1169. Mid þrýstnesse dyrstigere praesumptione temeraria, Anglia xiii. 383, 262. On þrístnysse in temeritate, Scint. 139, 3. Hé yfel þurh þrístnysse gefremede malum per audaciam perpetravit, 40, 5. þristness
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