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girwan, <b>gierwan, gerwan, gyrwan, gierian, gerian, gyrian</b>
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to prepare, make ready for some action,
set in order for a purpose
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  • Fela þǽra wæs wera and wífa þe þæt wínreced geredon,

      B. 994.
  • Healf þæt blód hé dyde on geryde (or under
Or could possibly geryde be a corruption of (ge)eárede? Cf. eárede fæt cratera, 24, 25) orcas (in crateras), Ex. 24, 6.
to prepare oneself to do something
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  • Hió hié tó deáþe gerede,

      Ors. 5, 13; S. 246, 30.

  • Hié giredon hié tó wíge,

      3, 5; S. 106, 17.

  • Hié hié tó gefeohte geredon,

      4, 10; S. 202, 13.

  • Ongan hine fýsan and tó flote gyrwan,

      An. 1700.
to dress
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  • Hié wuldres weard wǽdum gyrede, Gen. 941. III a.

    to arm

    :-- Hé gyrede hine mid gǽstlicum wǽpnum,
      Gú. 148.

  • Ic hié hét ꝥ hié hié mid heora wǽpnum gereden,

      Angl. iv. 144, 139.
to ornament
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  • Hié gyredon mé golde and seolfre,

      Kr. 77.
to prepare food, a meal, &c.
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  • Geruað (

    parant

    ) ðá ðegnas eóstro,
      Lk. p. 11, 2.

  • Ðonne ðú feorme gierwe,

      Past. 323, 22.
to prepare, make ready for a purpose by some process
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  • Se háta sumor hæleða bearnum giereð and drígeð sǽd and bléda,

      Met. 29, 59.

  • Ne hí siarocræftum godweb giredon

    nec norant lucida vellera Serum Tyrio miscere veneno,

      8, 25.
to make for a purpose
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  • Hé girað (

    parat

    ) eorðan rén,
      Ps. Spl. 146, 8.

  • On þám stedewange girwan Godes tempel, El. 1022. VII a.

    to make fit for a purpose (with complement )

    :-- Sǽ cýðde hwá hine gesette . . ., forþon hé hine tredne him ongeán gyrede, þonne God wolde ofer síne ýðe gán,
      Cri. 1167.
to make the necessary preparations for
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  • Þæt ic þé symbledæg sette and gyrwe,

      Ps. Th. 75, 7.
to direct
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  • Ðonan hine hlódan hálge and gecorene siððan hine gierdon ðá ðe Gode hérdon ðurh hálgan béc hider on eorðan,

      Past. 469, 1.
Similar entries
v. ge-girwan, on-girwan, un-girwan.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “girwan.” 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/50837.

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