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ge-gearwian

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-gearwian, -gearwigean; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ad
To prepare, make ready, provide with, endue
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  • Ða láreowas sceolan Drihtnes weg gegearwian to heora módum

    the teachers ought to prepare the Lord's way for their minds,

    • Blickl. Homl. 81, 7
      • .

  • Gegearwigean,

    • Cd. 23; Th. 29, 30
      • ;
    • Gen. 458
      • .

  • Ða áne ðe mid clǽnum geleáfan hie to ðæm gegearwiaþ

    those only who with pure belief prepare themselves for it,

    • Blickl. Homl. 185, 10
      • .

  • Gegearwode he ðǽm éce forwyrde

    he prepared for them eternal perdition,

    • 159, 19 : 233, 33
      • .

  • Gegearewadest,

    • Ps. Th. 64, 10
      • .

  • Gegearwiga we

    paremus,

    • Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 12
      • .

  • Ðá wearþ werod ge-gearewod to campe

    then was the band made ready for battle,

    • Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 21
      • ;
    • Jud. 199
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  • Ðæt his líf ðæm his naman wæs gelíce gegearwod

    his life was ordered like to his name,

    • Blickl. Homl. 167, 32
      • .

  • Gáste gegearwod

    endued with spirit,

    • Cd. 10; Th. 12, 17
      • ;
    • Gen. 187
      • :
    • Elen. Kmbl. 1774
      • ;
    • El. 889
      • .
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v. gearwian.
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v.  ge-earwian earu.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-gearwian.” 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/14502.

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