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Substitute: To rush.
of impetuous movement,
to press, force one's way
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  • Mið ðý ðá menigo gerǽsdon

    (inruerenf)

    on him,
      Lk. L. 5, I.
of violent action; gerǽsan on, wiþ
to attack, assault
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  • Priscus gerǽsde on þá fǽmnan in crístenmonna midle, swá wulf gerǽseþ on sceáp on miclum éwede,

      Mart. H. 170, 26.

  • Swá hwylce swá ꝥ hors on gerǽsan mihte, hit bát and hira lima tótær

    quoscumque potuisset-invadere, eorum membra morsibus dilaniaret,

      Gr. D. 78, 3.
  • (2 a) of fighting

    Nǽfre mon þon wurðlícor wígsíð áteáh, þára þé wið swá miclum mægne gerǽsde,

      Gen. 2095.

  • Hé wið áttorsceadan oreðe gerǽsde,

      B. 2839.

  • Þá hí tógedore gerǽsdon, þá man ofslóh ðes cáseres geréfan,

      Chr. P. 5, 9.
of rash, inconsiderate conduct
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  • Be þám men þe hæfð his rihtǽwe, and gerǽst on æþeódigum wífmen (

    ad midierem peregrinam se convertit

    ),
      Ll. Th. ii. 180, 16.

  • Gif gehádod mǽden tó hiémedþinge gerǽst (

    ad fornicationem se convertat

    ), 28: 29.

  • Gif hwylc mǽdenman þurh deófles costnunga on hǽmedþing gerǽse (

    se ad fornicationem convertat

    ), 188, II.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-rǽsan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/49301.

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