Ge-gearcian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-gearcian

Add: I. to make ready. (1) to prepare a thing for use:--Ic gegearcode míne gód, Hml. Th. i. 522, 6. Þǽra hálgena síðfæt is gegearcod iter sanctorum preparata est, Hml. S. 2, 62: Hml. Th. i. 362, 12. (2) of ships, to equip:--Ꝥ scip Swegen eorl hæfde him silfum ǽr gegearcod and gemetsod, Chr. 1052; P. 176, 12. (3) to prepare for doing or suffering:--Hí hí sylfe gegearcodon mid wíge him tógeánes, Hml. A. 104, 77. (3 a) where the purpose of preparation is given:--Hé gearcað úrne gódan willan tó fultumigenne, and hé fylst ðám willan gegearcodne he prepares our good will to be helped, and he helps that will when it is prepared, Hml. Th. ii. 84, 15. II. to furnish, provide, supply:--Hé þé líf gegearcað uitam tibi prestet, Hml. S. 24, 123. Gegearcode prebuit, Germ. 400, 508. Þæt seó sǽ seofon dagas drígne grund þám folce gegearcige, þæt hí his líchaman gesécan magon. Þæt belimpð tó lofe úres Hǽlendes, sé ðe his cýðere ðá árwurðan byrgene gegearcode, Hml. Th. i. 564, 23-28. Gegearcod exhibita, praeparata, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 7. Eallum þæslic wurðmenð sí gegearcod omnibus congruus honor exibeatur, R. Ben. I. 87, 15. Þá cyrican þe hí him gegearcod hæfdon, hé hét hálgian, Chr. 995; P. 128, 37. ge-gearcian