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ge-girwan

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Take here ge-gerwan, ge-gyrian in Dict., and add:
to prepare an object for use
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  • Hé hét him ýðlidan gegyrwan,

      B. 199.
  • Ic geongo gegerniga (

    parare

    ) iúh styd,
      Jn. L. 14, 2.
  • Gegaerwendne

    conparantem,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 47.
  • Bið foldan dǽl fægre gegierwed . . . corfen, sworfen,

      Rä. 29, 1.
  • Alle gegerwad omnia parata, Mt. L. 22, 4. I a. to prepare food,

    dress, cook

    :-- Haran sina gegyre and him syle þicgan,
      Lch. i. 344, 15.
  • Man ne mihte nánne mete gegyrwan,

      Ors. 1, 7; S. 36, 27.
  • Sunu þǽm fæder tó mete gegierwan,

      1, 12; S. 52, 24.
to dress
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  • Gegeruuid

    preatextatus,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 78.
  • Gegirwed,

      68, 34.
to clothe with or in a garment (lit.
or fig.)
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  • Gegereð hine áwergednisse

    induit se maledictions,

      Ps. Srt. 108, 18.
  • Ic gegerede mec mid héran,

      34, 13.
  • Hé gegyrede hine (mid, v. l.) his munucgegyrelan

    ipsius habitu indutus,

      Bd. 1, 7; Sch. 20, 23.
  • Gigeride,

      Rtl. 45, 29: 79, 7.
  • Hiá gegeredon (

    induerunt

    ) hine mið his gewédum,
      Mt. L. 27, 31.
  • Mid fellum gegerwed

    pellibus uestitus,

      Nar. 27, 1.
  • Gegered,

      Ps. Srt. 131, 9.
  • Gegyrlan gegyred

    fasce togatus,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 83.
  • Synd hí on sóðfæstnesse gegierede

    induantur justitia,

      Ps. Th. 131, 9.
to put on a garment
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  • Dryhten wlite gegereð (

    decorem induit

    ), gegereð Dryhten strengu,
      Ps. Srt. 92, 1.
  • Wlite ðú gegeredest,

      103, 1.
to clothe with armour,
arm
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  • Hét ic ǽlcne mon hine mid his wǽpnun gegerwan and faran forð

    jussi ut armati agmen sequerentur,

      Nar. 9, 26.
  • Wǽpnum hié gegyrwan

    to arm themselves,

      10, 28.
  • Mid wǽpnum gegered

    armis indutus,

      9, 28.
  • Hé hine tó gúðe gegyred hæfde,

      B. 1472.
  • Mid heregeatwum gegyrede, Bl. H. 221, 29. (3 a) where an object is personified :-- Ic (

    a sword

    ) eom . . . fægere gegyrwed, byrne is mín bleófág,
      Rä. 21, 2.
to ornament, adorn
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  • Mid since gegyrwed,

      Kr. 23.
  • Gegyred mid golde, 16.
  • Golde gegerede and gimcynnum,

      Met. 25, 6.
to equip, furnish, supply
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  • Seó wiht wæs wundrun gegierwed, hæfde feówere fét under wombe,

      Rä. 37, 2: 68, 2: 30, 3: Sch. 61.
to direct. v. gegirwung. (Cf.
Icel. göra to send, dispatch)
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  • Lǽd ðíne willas gind ðín lond, and gegier (-gierwe, v. l.) ðæt hié iernen bi herestrǽtum

    deriventur fontes tui foras,

      Past. 373, 5.
  • Seó genihtsumnes þæs wæteres byð ǽrest gesomnod in wídum seáðe, oþ ꝥ æt néxtan hit byð gegæred (-ger-, v. l.) in myccle eá

    aquarum abundantia in extenso prius lacu colligitur, ad postremum vero in amnem derivatur,

      Gr. D. 98, 17.
  • Ꝥ wæter is gegyred tó þám neoðerum stówum fram þám cnolle þæs muntes

    ut aqua ab illo montis cacumine usque ad inferiora derivetur,

      113, 13.
to present, give
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  • Þá máðmas ic þé bringan wylle, éstum gegyrwan,

      B. 2149.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. ge-garewen.]
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v.  girwan ge-gerwan ge-girwung ge-gyrian.
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