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what is worn by a person.
in a collective sense,
clothing, raiment, clothes
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  • Gewoedo his huít swíðe gesceán

    uestitus eius albas refulgens,

      Lk. L. 9, 29.

  • Of gewédo huæt gémende aro gé

    de uestimento quid sollicti estis?,

      Mt. L. 6, 28.

  • Giwéde

    uestimenta,

      Lk. R. 23, 34.
a garment
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  • ꝥte fasne gewoede his (fæse giwédum his, R.) gehrinon

    ut fimbriam uestimenti eius tangerent,

      Mk. L. 6, 56.

  • On gewedo ald

    in uestimentum uetus,

      Lk. L. 5, 36.

  • Giwedu his hwítu gescionum,

      Lk. R. 9, 29.

  • Wé lǽrað ꝥ man geswíce higeleásra gewǽda,

      Ll. Th. ii. 248, 15.

  • Hí gegearwadon hine mid gewoedum (-wédum,

      R.) his, Mk. L. 15, 20: Lk. L. 7, 25.

  • Gewóedo

    uestimenta, 23, 34. (2 a) the garment of a soldier, cf. gúþ-gewǽde :-- Uil mec (a coat of mail )

    hátan mith hęliðum hyhtlic giuǽde,
      Txts. 151, 12.

  • Dǽldon þá cwelleras þǽra martyra wǽpna and gewǽda ... heora gehwilc hæfde þæs mannes gewǽda þe hé ácwealde, Hml. S. 28, 83-86. (2 b) used of grave-clothes :-- Þá gewǽda þe heó bewunden wæs mid (cf. ealle þá scýtan (linteamina) þe se líchama mid bewunden wæs, Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 449, 8), Hml. S. 20, 94. (2 c)

    figurative

    :-- Ðás gewǽdu áwrát se apostol ... 'Ymbscrýdað eów mid mildheortnysse ... and mid geðylde,'
      Hml. Th. i. 60 b, 12.
the sails of a ship. v. ge-wǽdian; III: wǽde,
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  • Of þám scipe wǽron þá næglas forlorene and þá gewǽdu wǽron út on þá ýþa áworpene

    ex navi clavi perditi, vela in undis projecta,

      Gr. D. 248, 24. v.
    breóst-gewǽde, cyne-gewǽde, eorl-gewǽde, fót-gewǽde, gúþ-gewǽde, heáfod-gewǽde, hrægel-gewǽde, wægn-gewǽde, winter-gewǽde.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-wǽde.” 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/50359.

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