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gearwian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Wright's OE grammar
§66; §264; §536;
Dele 'gerwan, ... gierian,' and add:
to make ready
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  • Farað and gearwiað (earwiað, v. l.) ús, ꝥ wé úre eástron gewyrcon, Lk. 22, 8. I a.

    to make ready

    to do something :-- Huér wiltu ꝥ wé gearuiga (iarwan,
      R.) ðé til eottanne eástro?, Mt. L. 26, 17.

  • Hine forcuoede gearuande

    se excusare studentes,

      Lk. p. 8, 13.
to make ready.
a thing for use, a place for occupation
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  • Ic gearuwe byrnende blácern

    paravi lucernam,

      Ps. Th. 131, 18.

  • Hé deádum monnum líf gearuwað (gearwað,

    v. l.) vitam mortuis praeparans,

      Past. 261, 18.

  • Hé þá heofonlican rícu gearwaþ eallum geleáffullum,

      Bl. H. 31, 6. (1 a)
    where the purpose for which a thing is prepared is given :-- Hé gearwaþ þínne innoð his Suna tó brýdbúre, Bl. H. 9, 9.
of ships,
to equip
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  • Ꝥ man ǽghwilce geáre sóna æfter Eástron fyrdscipa gearwige,

      Ll. Th. i. 324, 4.
of food or meals, dress food,
prepare a meal
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  • Martha gearwode þám Hǽlende ǽfengereordu,

      Bl. H. 67, 26.

  • Gearwa (gearw, earwa, W. S.) mé ðætte ic giriordige

    para quod cenem,

      Lk. R. 17, 8.

  • Georwigað (gearuas,

      L.) ús eóstru ꝥte wé ete, 22, 8.
to bring to completion or
maturity
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  • Se háta sumor drýgþ and gearwaþ sǽd and bléda, Bt. 39, 13; F. 234, 15. III a.

    to come to maturity

    :-- Treówu grénu wexað and gearwað and rípað,
      Solil. H. 10, 5.
to make ready a person
to do something
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  • Gearwa þé and þú on þone síð fére,

      Guth. 86, 26.
for an action
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  • Gearwige hé hine tó húselgange,

      Ll. Th. i. 322, 7: 310, 7.
to dress, clothe
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  • Gearwæþ

    uestit,

      Mt. R. 6, 30.
to procure, provide
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  • Hit gerewað

    parat (cibum ),

      Kent. Gl. 133.

  • Émetan gearwiað

    formicę parant (cibum sibi ),

    1103.

  • Ðá ðe ðú georwades

    those things which thou hast provided,

      Lk. R. 12, 20.
to do, perform
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  • Begǽþ, gearwaþ

    exercet, i. parat,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 64.

  • Hié sculon látteówdóm gearwian ðám geleáffullum and him sculon fore beón

    ut sacrum ducatum praebeant, fidelibus praesunt,

      Past. 139, 16.

  • Ðegnunge gearwian,

      Bl. H. 247, 10.
to grant
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  • Gearwig ł gionn ꝥte cirica ðín giðii

    praesta ut ecclesia tua proficiat,

      Rtl. 18, 21.
  • v. full-, ymb-gearwian; girwan.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “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/47129.

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