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to make ready
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  • Hé eów betǽcð mycele healle gedæfte, gegearwiað (gegearuað,

      L., gegeorwigað, R.) ðára, Lk. 22, 8.
to make ready something for use, enjoyment, &c.
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  • Nǽfre þú wíta þæs fela gegearwast,

      Jul. 177.

  • Þíne hǽle þú geearwodest (gigeorwades,

      R.), Lk. 2, 31.

  • Þæt hé him stówe gegearwade þæt hé restan mihte

    ut sibi locum quiescendi praepararet,

      Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 489, 7.

  • Gegearnadon (-georwadan,

      R.) wyrta gemong, Lk. R. 23, 56.

  • Gegearawa

    prepara,

      Kent. Gl. 939.

  • Gegearwiað Drihtnes weg

    parate viam Domini,

      Mt. 3, 3.

  • Þá mǽrða þe God hæfð gegearwod þám þe his willan gewyrcað,

      Wlfst. 167, 9. ¶ where the purpose for which preparation is made is given :-- Þone sélestan dǽl hiora góda gegearod tó heora geblóte, Ors. 6, 21; S. 272, 25.
  • II a. of food, meals, &c. :-- Géé

  • Ic gegearwode (geiarwad,

      R.) míne, feorme, Mt. 22, 4.

  • Hig gegearwodon him Eásterþénunga,

      26, 19.

  • Ǽr se mete gegearwod wǽre,

      Ors. 1, 7; S. 36, 28.
to bring to completion, make, form
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  • Ðá hé gegearwade

    quando praeparabit (coelos ),

      Kent. Gl. 269.

  • Ꝥte wísfæst folc Críste gigearwade

    ut perfectam plebem Christo prepararet,

      Rtl. 76, 17.

  • Fulfremed folc gegearwian (gigeorwiga,

      R.), Lk. 1, 17.

  • Tó þon ꝥ hé sceolde gegearwian and fulfremman þone wáh

    ut parietem perficeret,

      Gr. D. 126, 2.

  • Is gegearwod paratur (in imbri vehementi fames), Kent. Gl. 1043. III a. to bring to be of a certain character :-- Heó efenwyrðe hí on eallum þingum þám bysceope gegearwade condignam se in omnibus episcopo praebuit, Bd. 4, 6; Sch. 384, 6. III b. to establish procedure :-- Þú gegearwadest þæt þú recene, God, rihte beeódest

    thou dost establish equity;

    tu parasti equitatem,
      Ps. Th. 98, 4.
to dress, equip, arm
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  • Gegearuas

    vestit,

      Mt. L. 6, 30.

  • Ðá cempo gegearwodon hine mið fellereáde hrægle

    milites induunt eum purpura,

      Mk. L. 15, 17, 20.

  • Ne Salomon suá gegearued wæs (

    coopertus est

    ),
      Mt. L. 6, 29.

  • Gæst gegearwd (cf. un-gegearwod),

      Gú. 662.

  • Wǽron secgas sóna gegearwod wǽpnum tó wigge, El. 47. IV a. of the trappings of a horse :-- Hors is gegearwad

    equus paratur (ad diem belli ),

      Kent. Gl. 807.
to provide, procure, furnish
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  • Weolan gegearwað

    divitias parat (manus fortium ),

      Kent. Gl. 321.

  • Gegearwiað

    praeparant (misericordia et veritas bona ),

    492.

  • Hwæs beóð þá ðing þe ðú gegearwudest

    whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?,

      Lk. 12, 20.

  • Hé lífes bysene on him sylfum gegearowode

    exemplum uiuendi exhibens,

      Bd. 4, 23; Sch. 470, 21.

  • Þára góda brúcan þe Engle gewunnan and gegearwedon,

      4, 4; Sch. 369, 14.

  • Gegearwiende

    exibentes,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 19.

  • Sý him eallum þæslic wyrðment gegearwod

    omnibus congruus honor exibeatur,

      R. Ben. 81, 21.

  • Gegearewod,

      83, 17.

  • Gegearwedum

    adibitis,

      3, 32.

  • Nis ǽnig monna móde þæs cræftig þæt hí (cræftas) ánum ealle weorðen gegearwade,

      Crä. 100.
to do, perform
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  • Þá rihtwísan men gegearwiað þá wundru

    miracula exhibent,

      Gr. D. 161, 26.

  • Is cúð þæt hwílum þás wundru hí dóð (gegearwiað, v. l.) of heora mihte, hwilum eác gegearwiað of heora béne

    constat quod aliquando haec ex potestate, aliquando vero exhibent ex postulatione,

      162, 5.

  • Þis wundor gedón and gegearwian

    hoc miraculam exhibere,

      166, 18.

  • Án lufu is þe þú miht mé gegearwian

    there is one kindness that you may do me;

    unum est quod mihi impendere beneficium potes,
      182, 6.

  • Hié sculon ládteówdóm geearwian,

      Past. 138, 17.
to make easy to do
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  • Mé þæt mægen þe ǽr þæs inganges duru bewerede æfter þan þone ingang þæs síðfætes gegearwode,

      Hml. S. 23 b, 464.
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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/48102.

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