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Substitute: Bold, daring
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  • Gedyrstig (gedurstig, Erf.)

    ausus,

      Txts. 43, 245 : Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 44.
in a favourable sens
having courage, confidence
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  • 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 wígþrłst ofer eall wífa cyn, þæt þú mec gebunde,

      Jul. 431.
in an unfavourable sense,
presumptuous audacious
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  • 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.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. ge-turstig ausus, audax.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-dyrstig.” 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/47762.

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