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dyrstig

  • adjective
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Grammar
dyrstig, adj.
Daring, bold, rash; audax, ausus
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  • Ðeós and ðis dyrstige

    audax,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 9,
    • 60;
    • Som. 13,
    • 41.
  • Dýrstig oððe gedyrstlǽht

    ausus,

    • 41
    • ;
    • Som. 43,
    • 29.
  • Hú wǽre ðú dyrstig ofstician bár

    quomŏdo fuisti ausus jugŭlāre aprum?

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 22, 13: Bd. 2,
    • 6;
    • S. 508, 25, note: Nicod. 12
    • ;
    • Thw. 6,
    • 23.
  • Ðeáh ðe he dyrstig wǽre

    though he were daring,

    • Beo. Th. 5669
    • ;
    • B. 2838
    • .
Derived forms
ge-dyrstig, unge-
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