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where something perilous or of doubtful issue is undertaken.
to venture to go
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  • Se wyrm genéðeð tó,

      Seel. 119.

  • Hé genéðde ofer þone munt,

      Ors. 4, 8 ; S. 188, 3.

  • Thomas þríste genéðde on Indéa óðre dǽlas,

      Ap. 50. (1 a) with dat. (inst.) of life imperilled :-- Hé in Achagia aldre genéðde, Ap. 17.

  • Hé mec heálsode þæt ic on holma geþring ealdre genéðde,

      B. 2133.
  • Hé selfa ne dorste under ýða gewin aldre genéðan, 1469.

  • Gif þú furður dearst tó þám ánhagan aldre genéðan,

      An. 1353.
to venture on an action,
with acc. : —
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  • Merecondel (the sun) uncúðne weg nihtes genédeð,

      Met. 13, 59.

  • Ic under wælere weorc genéðde,

      B. 1656.

  • Ic genéðde fela gúða,

      2511.

  • Wé frécne genéðdon eafoð uncúðes,

      959.
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  • Ne dorste hé genéðan þæt hé hié mid firde gefóre,

      Ors. I. 10; S. 48, 31.
combining
and (2b)
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  • Hé genédde under ǽnne elpent þæt hé hiene on þone nafelan ofstang,

      Ors. 4, 1; S. 156, 10.
of presumptuous conduct,
to presume to do.
with acc.
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  • For þon þe hé wolde ofer his ágen mægn áht swylces genéþan (gedyrstlǽcean,

    v. l.) quia ultra vires volunt quidquam praesumere,

      Gr. D. 73, 4.
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  • Ne genéð (gedyrstlǽc,

    v. l., praesumas

    ) ꝥ þú gá tó þám hálgan háde,
      Gr. D. 135, 9.

  • Ꝥ gé ne genédon ꝥ gé þis húsl ðicgon, Ll. Lbmn. 415, 6. (bb) where the clause marks the degree of presumption :-- Ꝥ hé nó genéðde tó þon ꝥ hé áht grétte þone Godes þeówan

    ne servum Dei contingere auderet,

      Gr. D. 38, 32.
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  • Ꝥ sé ne durre (genéðe, v. l.) beón wísdomes láréow

    ut praeesse non audeat,

      Gr. D. 12, 26.
with prep.
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  • Mé forgif ꝥ ic nǽfre unmedeme ne untrum tó þínum líchoman and tó þínum blóde ne genéþe (

    presume to take the Sacrament

    ),
      Angl. xii. 507, 6.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. ge-nenden audere.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-néþan.” 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/49040.

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