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gearwe

  • adverb
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gearwe, adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§220; §264; §553;
Take here geare, geara, gearo in Dict., and add:
with verbs of knowing,
well, certainly, clearly
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  • Geare (gere,

    v. l.

    ) witan.
      Past. 190, 11.

  • Swíþe geare,

      Bt. 14, 2; F. 44, 8.

  • Genóg geare,

      Bl. H. 175, 30.

  • Wé þæs geléfað and geare witan ꝥ ...,

      13, 22.

  • Gere (cf. swutolor witan, 11),

      Past. 429, 9.

  • Hé geare nyste hwǽr ...,

      El. 719.
  • Ne ful geare wiste, 860.

  • Geara,

      Guth. 70, 4: Bt. 35, 6; F. 170, 8.

  • Ne wéne ic his, ac wát geara (geare,

    v. l.

    ),
      38, 6; F. 208, 14.

  • Geare cunnan,

      Wand. 69: B. 2070; El. 167.

  • Gearwe cunnan,

      Wand. 71.

  • Gearor witan,

      Past. 429, 19: Bl. H. 13, 21.

  • Gearwor,

      Nar. 33, 3.

  • Gearwor,

      Gr. D. 203, 24.

  • Gearor ongitan,

      Bl. H. 129, 9.

  • Þone cúþon manige úrra cúðra freónda and eallra gearost seó hálige fǽmne

    quem nostrorum multi noverunt, et maxime sacra virgo, Gr. D. 199, 11. I a. with verbs of observation, well :-- Fóre míne and míne gangas þú gearwe átreddest (investigasti ),

    and ealle míne wegas wel foresáwe,
      Ps. Th. 138, 2.

  • Geara ic sceáwade

    considerabam,

      141, 4.
readily, willingly, eagerly
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  • Geare andettan,

      Ps. Th. 146, 7.

  • Geara, 53, 6: 91, Ic on ðé geare hycge

    sperabo in te,

      90, 2.

  • Þonne wé his geara éhtan,

      70, 10.
with ready goodwill. Cf. gearo;
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  • Wesað gé fram Gode geara gebletsade

    may you have his ready blessing,

      Ps. Th. 113, 23.
readily, promptly. Cf. gearo;
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  • Þú mé eart geara andfencgea,

      Ps. Th. 58, 9, 18.

  • Þú mé wǽre geara trymmend,

      70, 3.
marking thoroughness, completeness of an action. Cf. gearo;
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  • Stréle beóð scearpe ... syððan of glédon wesað gearwe áhyrded,

      Ps. Th. 119, 4.

  • Hafa gebrocen glæs geara gegrunden,

      Lch. ii. 144, 16.

  • Hí Iacób geara ǽtan

    comederunt Jacob,

      Ps. Th. 78, 7.

  • Þeós eorðe sceal eall ábifigan, ... geara forhtigan (

    be thoroughly terrified

    ),
      113, 7.
at hand, within reach, near. Cf. gearo;
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  • Bið ús Godes milts þe gearwur,

      Ll. Th. i. 424, 23.
readily, without difficulty or
delay
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  • Sé ðe him tó ðám hálgan helpe gelífeð, tó Gode gióce, hé þǽr gearo findeð,

      Vald. 2, 28.
  • Heó gearwe (but see gearo;
) funde mundbyrd æt ðám mǽran þeódne. Jud. 2.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “gearwe.” 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/47125.

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