† ofˈthirst, ppl. a. Obs.
[OE. ofþyrsted, ofþyrst, f. of- + *þyrsted, pa. pple. of þyrstan to thirst.]
Earlier form of athirst, q.v.
| c 1000 Judges xv. 18 in Thwaite Heptat., He [Samson] wearþ þa swiþe ofþyrst. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 199 Þenne hie beð of-þurst cumeð to sum welle. c 1275 XI Pains of Hell 166 in O.E. Misc. 151 Sore of-þurst and ful hungri. 1393 Langl. P. Pl. C. x. 85 Boþe a-fyngrede and a-furst [MS. M of-þerst]. |