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ge-wǽpnian

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of persons,
of military weapons
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  • Hé hine gescrýdde mid his byrnan, and hine ealne gewǽpnode,

      Hml. S. 25, 280.
  • Swá gewépned wer

    quasi vir armatus,

      Kent. Gl. 139.
  • On ðǽre fyrde wǽron feówertig þúsenda swýðe gewǽpnode,

      Homl. S. 25, 333.
  • Myd seofen þúsend gewǽpnodra manna,

      Hml. A. 184, 92.
of spiritual weapons
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  • Gié ðǽm ilca smeawnge iúih giwoepnigað

    vos eadem cogitatione armamini,

      Rtl. 21, 38.
of animals.
of military equipment
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  • Cumad mycele deór: hí beóð gewǽpnode on ðá wísan þe man hors gewǽpnað, þonne man tó wíge þencð,

      Wlfst. 200, 11.
of natural means of attack or defence
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  • Hæfde ꝥ deór þrié hornas on foranheáfde, and mid þǽm hornum wæs egeslíce gewǽpnod

    bestia tribus armata in fronte cornibus,

      Nar. 15, 14.
of things.
material
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  • Hí ꝥ scip genámon eall gewǽpnod,

      Chr. 992; P. 127, 19.
non-material
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  • Gewoepnadum mægne

    armata virtute,

      Rtl. 145, 28.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. ge-wáfnót armatus.]
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v. full-gewǽpnod, un-gewǽpnod.
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