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the following passages, in which the infinitive is probably consecutive after 
gemedemian, used reflexively in the sense of ‘humble one’s self’:— Greg. 301. 
13: ure Aliesend . . . hine gemedomode to bionne betwiux baem laesbum j baem 
gingestum monnum = 228.5: Redemtor . . . fieri inter omnia dignatus est par¬ 
vus;— /Elf. Horn. II. 464*: burh baet se . . . Godes Sunu hine sylfne gemede - 
mode baet gecynd to underfonne; — /Elf. L. S. XXXIII. 210: biddan we god baet 
he hine gemedemige to cetywenne hwaet sy gedon be his dehter. Compare, too, 
/Elf. Horn. I. 32*, in which gemedemian ( hine), ‘humble one’s self,’ is followed 
by a consecutive clause introduced by <5cet.\ 
gebristlaecan [-y-], presume, undertake: 
(1) Uninflected: 
Laws 46, Alfred, Intr., c. 49, § 9«: Forbam ic ne dorste ge&ristloecan bara 
minra awuht fela on gewrit settan. 
Woerf. 207.24: by laes se halga wer . . . ge&ristlcehte ofer baet aenigne man 
wyrgan = 253 A 1 : ne vir . . . intorquere ultra proesumeret jaculum maledic- 
tionis. 
/Elf. L. S. XXIII B. 277: naht geSrystloehte specan . — lb. XXIII B, 645: 
[ne] gedrystlcecende aht secgan. — lb. XXIII B. 745: ne ge&rystlcehte he . . . 
nan ober baes lichaman o&hrinan. 
(2) Inflected: 
Laws 414, Judicium Dei VII, c. 13 A 1 * 2 : ic halsige be (eow) . . . baet bu (ge) 
na geSristloece (- loecon) natestohwi to bisum husle to ganne ne furbon to bisum 
weofude to genealcecenne. 
/Elf. L. S. XXIII B. 721: he ne ge&rystlcehte aeniga binga heo to lettenne. 
A. S. Horn. & L. S. II. 11.122: naefre nan man ne ge&ristlcece aenigne 
deofles bigencg to donne. 
Wulf. 34.14, 15: ac se . . . man . . ., se be ge&ristlcecS to moessianne 
obbon husl to Sicganne. 
gewilnian, desire: 
(1) Uninflected: 
Woerf. 208.14: se gewilnode feran to him = 253 C 2 : pergere studuit. 
/Elf. Horn. I. 608*: Drihten ... us gewilnaS gearwe gemetan. — lb. II. 
588* 2 : swa eac nu of eallum beodum gewilniatS men to geseonne bone . . . 
Crist burh geleafan, and bone . . . wisdom gehyran (sic!). 
/Elf. L. S. XXIII B. 187: he gewilnode hine geSeodan bam be baer fleah. 
Mat. 13.17 b : managa . . . gewilnudon ba bing to geseonne be ge geseab 
(sic!), and hig ne gesawon; and gehyran ba bing etc. = multi . . . cupierunt 
videre quae videtis . . .; et audire quae auditis. 
(2) Inflected: 
Chron. 219 m , 1086 E b : Gif hwa gewilnige cf to gewitane hu gedon mann he 
waes. 
Laws 45, iElfred, Intr., c. 49, § 3 b : ba gewilniad hira sawla (to) syllanne for 
Dryhtnes noman. 
Mlf. Horn. I. 550*: forban be hi gewilniad fela to hoebbenne. — lb. I. 552*: 
gewilniad God to geseonne. — lb. II. 588*: quoted under “ Uninflected ” above. 
/Elf. L. S. 196.22: gewilnode to Srowigenne for cristes naman. — lb. XXIII 
B. 358: ic gewilnode mid him to farenne. 
Mat. 13.17 a : quoted under “ Uninflected ” above. 
Minor Prose: Apol. 18.17: he . . . baet gefremede man. gewilnode to bedig- 
lianne = 37 b : perpetratoque scelere . . . impietatem . . . cupit celare. 
