Ge-þrístlǽcan

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

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-þrístlǽcan
p. -lǽhte, -lǽcte To dare, presume, excite; provocare :-- Ne geþristlǽcaþ hí ó ðæt hí mánswergen on his noman they never dare to sware falsely in his name, Shrn. 109, 17. Þurh Albinus swíðost ic geþrístlǽhte ðæt ic dorste ðis weorc ongynnan hortatu præcipue ipsius Albini ut hoc opus adgredi auderem provocatus sum, Bd. pref; S. 472, 11. Eádréd biddeþ ðet nán man geþrístlíce his cynelícan gefe gewonian Eadred prays that no man will presume to diminish his royal gift, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 304, 26. We geþrístlǽcton provocavimus, Cot. 154. ge-þristlæcan
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