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gearwian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
gearwian, gerwian, gerwan, girwan, gierwan, gyrwan, gyrian, girian, gierian; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed
Wright's OE grammar
§66; §264; §536;
To make ready, prepare, procure, supply, put on, clothe; părāre, præpărāre, præstāre, induĕre, vestīre
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  • Ðú gǽst befóran Drihtnes ansýne, his wegas gearwian

    præībis ante faciem Dŏmĭni, părāre vias ejus,

    • Lk. Bos. 1, 76 : Exon. 58 b
      • ;
    • Th. 210, 21
      • ;
    • Ph. 189 : 119 a : Th. 456, 27
      • ;
    • Hy. 4, 73 : Elen. Kmbl. 1997
      • ;
    • El. 1000.

  • Wísdóm oððe snytro gearwiende lytlingum

    săpientiam præstans parvŭlis,

    • Ps. Spl. 18, 8.

  • Óþ on écnysse ic gearwie sǽd ðín

    usque in æternum præpărābo sēmen tuum,

    • 88, 4.

  • He lífes weg gǽstum gearwaþ

    he prepares life's way for souls,

    • Exon. 34 a
      • ;
    • Th. 108. 11
      • ;
    • Gú. 71 : 117 a
      • ;
    • Th. 450, 21
      • ;
    • Dóm. 91.

  • Ic gearwode leóhtfæt cyninge mínum

    părāvi lucernam Christo meo,

    • Ps. Spl. 131, 18.

  • Ðú gearwodest wlite mínum mægn

    præstĭtisti dĕcŏri meo virtūtem,

    • 29, 8.

  • Grinu hí gearwodon fótum mínum

    laqueum părāvērunt pĕdĭbus meis,

    • Ps. Spl. 56, 8.

  • Sumum wundorgiefe þurh goldsmiþe gearwad weorþeþ

    to one a wondrous skill in goldsmith's art is provided,

    • Exon. 88 a
      • ;
    • Th. 331, 25
      • ;
    • Vy. 73.

  • Gearwian us togénes gréne strǽte up to englum

    let us prepare before ourselves a green path to the angels above,

    • Cd. 219
      • ;
    • Th. 282, 15
      • ;
    • Sat. 287.

  • Hú gé eówic gearwige

    quid induamini,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 6, 25 : 27, 29.

  • Ðæt selfe wæter ðegnunge gearwode beforan his fótum

    the very water did reverence before his feet,

    • St. And. 22, 19.
    v.
  • Grm. D. M. 984.
Etymology
[
Piers P. gare
:
R. Brun. ȝared, pp. prepared
:
Laym. ȝærwen to make ready
:
O. Sax. garuwian, gerwean, girwian to make ready, prepare
:
O. H. Ger. garawén, garwén, garawjan
.]
Derived forms
a-gearwian, ge-
Linked entries
v.  a-gearwian ge-gearwian gerwan gierian gierwan girian girwan gyrian gyrwan.
Entry information
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/13534.

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