þyrstan

Part of speech: verb

Verb type: weak verb (1)

to thirst; to be thirsty, to feel a thirst (also ðyrstan); mé þyrst I am thirsty; ðyrsteþ sáwul mín thirsteth my soul

Etymology

[Mod E THIRST v ← ðurst, þurst n “thirst”; O Sax thurstian; Dt dorsten; OHG dursten (Mod G dürsten); Icel þyrsta; Sw törsta; cf also Goth þaúrsjan “to thirst; to be thirsty”]

Paradigm

4.2.1 (a)

(a) with a short root vowel

I class	infinitive	past tense singular
to plough	erian	erede
to perform, commit	fremman	fremede

(b) with a long root vowel

I class	infinitive	past tense singular
to feed	fédan	fédde
to keep, observe	cépan	cépte
to send	sendan	sende

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