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  • Audeo ic dearr audens gedyrstlǽcende, ausus gedyrstlǽcð,

    ausurus

    sé ðe gedyrstlǽcð.
      Ælfc. Gr. Z. 247, 3-5.
with an object
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  • Gif wé mid rícan mannan hwæt embe úre neóde manian willað, þæt wé ne gedyrstlǽcað (

    prae sumimus

    ) bútan mid micelre eáðmódnesse,
      R. Ben. 45, 16.

  • Gif hwá hit bútan his leáfe gedyrstlǽce,

      79, 19.

  • Ne hý nán þing ne gedyrstlǽcen, ne nǽnne ontige on þám mynstre bútan þǽre mæssan ánre,

      140, 9.
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  • Gif hwylc bróðor búton his abbodes hǽse gedyrstlǽcð ꝥ hé nime . . . ,

      R. Ben. 50, 10.

  • Hú gedyrstlǽhtest þú ꝥ þú þus oft stalodest ?,

      Gr. D. 25, 7.

  • Þú nǽfre ne gedyrstlǽc ꝥ þú . . . geneálǽce,

      135, 8.

  • Hwá dear nú gedyrstlǽcan ꝥ hé derige þám folce ?,

      Hml. A. 101, 306. (3 a) where the extent of presumption is defined by the clause :-- Þ hé ná ne ge-dyrstlǽhte tó þám ꝥ hé þone Godes þeów ǽnig þing hrepode, Gr. D. 38, 32
with dat. infin.
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  • Þæt nán ne gedyrstlǽce his ágenne rǽd tó beweri-genne,

      R. Ben. 15, 12 : 55, 10: 56, 17.
with a preposition
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  • 'Úre Fæder . . . 'Ne gedyrstlǽce nán man be mǽgðháde bútan sóðre lufe,

      Hml. Th. i. 54, 10.
with a reflexive dative
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  • For hwig gedyrst- lǽhtest þú þé ꝥ ðú ꝥ geþanc ásendest ?,

      Nic. 17, 6.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-dyrstlǽcan.” 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/47765.

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