KREISTA

squeeze

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(-sta, -str), v. to squeeze, press; fig. to force, compel.

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t, betttr kreysta, [cp. Ulf. kriustan = τρίζειν; Dan. kryste; Swed. krysta]:—to squeeze, pinch, press, Eb. 242, Fas. i. 285, Bær. 10, Bret. 10, Al. 2. 30, Fas. i. (in a verse, Bm.); hann kreisti sik undir vegginn, he pressed himself, crouched under the wall, Þórð. 75; kyssa ok k., to kiss and hug, Al. 44, Þiðr. 30.