Ge-fadian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-fadian

Add :-- Ic gefadige dispono, Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 44. (1) to arrange, set in order material objects :-- Án geteld (the tabernacle) mid wunderlicum dihte gefadod, Hml. Th. ii. 198, 23. Hé gefadod hæfde eall his werod swá his þeáw wæs, Hml. S. 30, 305. (1 a) to ornament, adorn :-- Ðis weorc wæs gefadod mid deórwurðum stánum and reádum golde, Hml. Th. ii. 578, 14. (2) to dispose of property :-- Þú hæfst ꝥ feoh mid þé, gefada embe lóca hú þú wylle, Hml. S. 3, 285. (3) to order conduct, action, life, manage a matter :-- Yfele þú gefadast þínne rǽd, Hml. S. 3, 303. Gif hé his weorc mid wísdóme gefadað, 1, 235. Þæt gehíwode yfel deófol sylf gefadað and gehýwað to þám þæt þæt ðincð gód, Wlfst. 54, 9. Ꝥ is se wisdom ꝥ man his dǽda gefadige tó his Drihtnes willan, Hml. S. 13, 326. Hé ealle þing swá gefadige þæt þá sáwla gehealdene sýn, R. Ben. 66, 2. Swylc notu on mynstre sý gefadod and geendebyrd, 125, 9. (3 a) to arrange the order of procedure :-- Þus gefadodre endebyrdnesse þæs dæglican sealmsanges, R. Ben. 44, 9. (4) of the ordering by superhuman power, (a) in natural phenomena :-- Godes miht gefadað ealle gewederu, Lch. iii. 278, 13. (b) in regard to living beings :-- Drihten, úrne forðsíð gefada, Hml. Th. i. 414, 33. Eówer síð ne bið ná swá swá wé wéndon, ac wyrð elles gefadod and on óðre stówe, Hml. S. 6, 86. Ealle ðá gerýnu Crístes menniscnysse wǽron gefadode þurh mihte þæs Hálgan Gástes, Hml. Th. ii. 280, 3. ge-fadian