a. Obs. [OE. þríste = OS. thrîsti (MLG., LG. drîste, whence Du. driest, Ger. dreist); not found elsewhere in Teutonic. Ultimate origin unknown: see suggestions in Kluge and Franck.] Bold, daring; audacious, presumptuous.

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c. 897.  K. Ælfred, Gregory’s Past. C., Proem 23. Ðylas … he to ðriste & to stið sie for ðy underfenge his lareowdomes.

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a. 1023.  Wulfstan, Hom., I. (Napier) 270. Ðencan þa nu, þe to þam þriste syn, þræt hiʓ god oferseoð.

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c. 1175.  Lamb. Hom., 117. Fela stuntnesse beoð … þer þe dusie mon bið þriste.

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c. 1205.  Lay., 25549. Næs þer nan swa þriste cniht under criste.

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a. 1250.  Owl & Night., 758. For ic can craft & ic kan lyste & þarfore ic am þus þriste.

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