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ge-wǽdian

  • verb [ weak ]
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  • To wrap up :-- Ðęt on gewuǽd quod inolcuerit ( = involucerit ? cf.

    involucrum

    gewynd,
      Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 25), Angl. xi. 171, 9.
to clothe,
a person
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  • Gwédon hine tunuc

    induerunt eum tunicam,

      Mt. L. 27, 28.

  • Gewóedað hine

    induite illum,

      Lk. L. 15, 22.

  • Gewéded

    uestitus,

      8, 35.

  • Hý gewǽdode (

    vestiti

    ) resten,
      R. Ben. 47, 9.
a thing
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  • Gif gers God swǽ geuoedes (

    vestit

    ),
      Mt. L. 6, 30.
to dress a house, adorn with hangings, tapestry, &c.; vestire ( =
aulaeis ornare, Migne)
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  • Mid ðám geleáfan he gefrætewad and gewǽdað his hús, þæt is, þæt he gegearwað his heortan Gode on tó wunianne,

      Wlfst. 35, 10.
to furnish a ship with sails, v. ge-wǽde;
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  • Hí ꝥ scip genámon eall gewǽpnod and gewǽdod,

      Chr. 992; P. 127, 19.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. ge-wáten, wátón vestire.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-wǽdian.” 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/50360.

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