Ge-dyrstig

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-dyrstig

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-dyrstig
Substitute: Bold, daring :-- Gedyrstig (-durst-, Erf.) ausus, Txts. 43, 245 : Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 44. (1) in a favourable sens having courage, confidence :-- Ne gidyrstig wæs ǽnig hine gefregna neque, ausus fuit quisquam eum interrogare, Mt. L. 22, 46. Be þǽre wísan þe ic nǽfre ǽr næs gedyrstig þé tó áxianne, Guth. 84, 20. Ne mæg þǽr ǽni man be ágnum gewyrhtum gedyrstig wesan déman gehende nullus, ibi meritis confidit judice praesens, Dóm. L. 170. Saga hú þú gedyrstig þurh deóp gehygd wurde þus wígþrlst ofer eall wífa cyn, þæt þú mec gebunde, Jul. 431. (2) in an unfavourable sense, presumptuous audacious :-- Gif hé tó þan gedyrstig wǽre ꝥ hé þæt ábrǽce, C. D 131, 18. Swá wé magon betst ðá gedyrstigan (protervos) gelǽran, Past 209, 15. [O. H. Ger. ge-turstig ausus, audax.] ge-dyrstig
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