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ge-gerwan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
ge-gerwan, -gærwan, -girwan, -gierwan, -gyrwan; p. -gerede; pp. -gered, -gerwed
To prepare, make ready, clothe, array, adorn, furnish
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  • Ne hýrde ic cymlícor ceól gegyrwan hilde wǽpnum

    I never heard of furnishing a comelier vessel with weapons of war,

    • Beo. Th. 76; 13, 38
      • .

  • Ðǽr ðú scealt ád gegærwan

    there shalt thou prepare a pile,

    • Cd. 138; Th. 173, 3
      • ;
    • Gen. 2855
      • .

  • Ic his sacerdas mid hǽlu gegyrwe

    sacerdotes ejus induam salutare,

    • Ps. Th. 131, 17
      • .

  • Heó alegde hire hrægl ðe heó mid gegyred wæs and hie gegyrede mid ðon sélestan hrægle

    she laid aside the garment that she was clothed with, and arrayed herself with the finest garment,

    • Blickl. Homl. 139, 6, 7 : 89, 35 : 103, 3
      • .

  • Ðǽr weofod inne wlitelíce geworhtan and gegyredon

    therein they wrought and adorned an altar beautifully,

    • 205, 6
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 6265
      • ;
    • B. 3137
      • .

  • Gegyre ðú hine

    clothe him,

    • Blickl. Homl. 37, 21
      • .

  • Mid heora geatwum gegyrede

    equipped,

    • 241, 29
      • :
    • Nar. 4, 13
      • .

  • Golde gegyrwed

    adorned with gold,

    • Beo. Th. 1110
      • ;
    • B. 553
      • .

  • Ymb frætwum útan gegyrede

    circumornatæ,

    • Ps. 143, 15
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  • Sió wæs orðoncum eall gegyrwed diófles cræftum

    it was all cunningly prepared with devilish arts,

    • Beo. Th. 4181;
    • B. 2087
      • .

  • Heardum tóþum and miclum hit wæs gegyred

    duris munitum dentibus,

    • Nar. 21, 1
      • .
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v.  ge-gærwan ge-gyrwan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-gerwan.” 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/14510.

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