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Ge-gearwian

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1 ge-gearwian

p. ode, ede; pp. od, ad To prepare, make ready, provide with, endue :-- Ða láreowas sceolan Drihtnes weg gegearwian to heora módum the teachers ought to prepare the Lord's way for their minds, Blickl. Homl. 81, 7. Gegearwigean, Cd. 23; Th. 29, 30; Gen. 458. Ða áne ðe mid clǽnum geleáfan hie to ðæm gegearwiaþ those only who with pure belief prepare themselves for it, Blickl. Homl. 185, 10. Gegearwode he ðǽm éce forwyrde he prepared for them eternal perdition, 159, 19 : 233, 33. Gegearewadest, Ps. Th. 64, 10. Gegearwiga we paremus, Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 12. Ðá wearþ werod ge-gearewod to campe then was the band made ready for battle, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 21; Jud. 199. Ðæt his líf ðæm his naman wæs gelíce gegearwod his life was ordered like to his name, Blickl. Homl. 167, 32. Gáste gegearwod endued with spirit, Cd. 10; Th. 12, 17; Gen. 187 : Elen. Kmbl. 1774; El. 889.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚷᛠᚱᚹᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
El.
Elene (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Mk.
Gospel of St. Mark (OE translation)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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