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gerwan

  • verb [ weak ]
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gerwan, gerwian, gerwigan; p. ede, ode; pp. ed, od
To make ready prepare, make, construct; părăre, præpărāre, făcĕre, construĕre
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  • Ciricean getimbran, gerwan Godes tempel

    to build a church, to construct a temple of God,

      Andr. Kmbl. 3266; An. 1636.
  • Gerwigan wífe hús wexinge getácnaþ

    to prepare [one's] house for a wife betokens increase,

      Som. 205; Lchdm. iii. 210, 3.
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v. gearwian.
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