Old English Dictionary Entry

Dyrstignes

Part of speech: dyrstnes, -nyss, e;

Definitions

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1 dyrstignes

f. Boldness, presumption, arrogance, rashness; audācia, temĕrĭtas :-- Sió gedyrstignes [MS. Cot. dyrstignes] his módes præsumptio spīrĭtus, Past. 13, 2; Hat. MS. 17 a, 15. Ðæt ðín mód ne beó ahafen mid dyrstignysse [dyrstnysse, Nat. S. Greg. Els. P. 39, note 1] that thy mind be not lifted up with arrogance, Homl. Th. ii. 132, 4. DER. ge-dyrstignes. dyrstignes

Similar Words

-dállic
-deáded
-deáw
-défedlic, -défness
-démedness

Runic Inscription

ᛞᚣᚱᛋᛏᛁᚷᚾᛖᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Cot.: Cottonian Manuscripts
Past.: Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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