Ge-gearwian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-gearwian

Add: I. absolute, to make ready:--Hé eów betǽcð mycele healle gedæfte, gegearwiað (gegearuað, L., gegeorwigað, R.) ðára, Lk. 22, 8. II. to make ready something for use, enjoyment, &c.:--Nǽfre þú wíta þæs fela gegearwast, Jul. 177. Þíne hǽle þú geearwodest (gigeorwades, R.), Lk. 2, 31. Þæt hé him stówe gegearwade þæt hé restan mihte ut sibi locum quiescendi praepararet, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 489, 7. Gegearnadon (-georwadan, R.) wyrta gemong, Lk. R. 23, 56. Gegearawa prepara, Kent. Gl. 939. Gegearwiað Drihtnes weg parate viam Domini, Mt. 3, 3. Þá mǽrða þe God hæfð gegearwod þám þe his willan gewyrcað, Wlfst. 167, 9. ¶ where the purpose for which preparation is made is given:--Þone sélestan dǽl hiora góda gegearod tó heora geblóte, Ors. 6, 21; S. 272, 25. II a. of food, meals, &c.:--Gé eów gemǽnelice gebeórscipas gegearwiað, Hml. A. 145, 43. Ic gegearwode (geiarwad, R.) míne, feorme, Mt. 22, 4. Hig gegearwodon him Eásterþénunga, 26, 19. Ǽr se mete gegearwod wǽre, Ors. 1, 7; S. 36, 28. III. to bring to completion, make, form:--Ðá hé gegearwade quando praeparabit (coelos), Kent. Gl. 269. Ꝥte wísfæst folc Críste gigearwade ut perfectam plebem Christo prepararet, Rtl. 76, 17. Fulfremed folc gegearwian (gigeorwiga, R.), Lk. 1, 17. Tó þon ꝥ hé sceolde gegearwian and fulfremman þone wáh ut parietem perficeret, Gr. D. 126, 2. Is gegearwod paratur (in imbri vehementi fames), Kent. Gl. 1043. III a. to bring to be of a certain character:--Heó efenwyrðe hí on eallum þingum þám bysceope gegearwade condignam se in omnibus episcopo praebuit, Bd. 4, 6; Sch. 384, 6. III b. to establish procedure:--Þú gegearwadest þæt þú recene, God, rihte beeódest thou dost establish equity; tu parasti equitatem, Ps. Th. 98, 4. IV. to dress, equip, arm:--Gegearuas vestit, Mt. L. 6, 30. Ðá cempo gegearwodon hine mið fellereáde hrægle milites induunt eum purpura, Mk. L. 15, 17, 20. Ne Salomon suá gegearued wæs (coopertus est), Mt. L. 6, 29. Gæst gegearwd (cf. un-gegearwod), Gú. 662. Wǽron secgas sóna gegearwod wǽpnum tó wigge, El. 47. IV a. of the trappings of a horse:--Hors is gegearwad equus paratur (ad diem belli), Kent. Gl. 807. V. to provide, procure, furnish:--Weolan gegearwað divitias parat (manus fortium), Kent. Gl. 321. Gegearwiað praeparant (misericordia et veritas bona), 492. Hwæs beóð þá ðing þe ðú gegearwudest whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?, Lk. 12, 20. Hé lífes bysene on him sylfum gegearowode exemplum uiuendi exhibens, Bd. 4, 23; Sch. 470, 21. Þára góda brúcan þe Engle gewunnan and gegearwedon, 4, 4; Sch. 369, 14. Gegearwiende exibentes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 19. Sý him eallum þæslic wyrðment gegearwod omnibus congruus honor exibeatur, R. Ben. 81, 21. Gegearewod, 83, 17. Gegearwedum adibitis, 3, 32. Nis ǽnig monna móde þæs cræftig þæt hí (cræftas) ánum ealle weorðen gegearwade, Crä. 100. VI. to do, perform:--Þá rihtwísan men gegearwiað þá wundru miracula exhibent, Gr. D. 161, 26. Is cúð þæt hwílum þás wundru hí dóð (gegearwiað, ) of heora mihte, hwilum eác gegearwiað of heora béne constat quod aliquando haec ex potestate, aliquando vero exhibent ex postulatione, 162, 5. Þis wundor gedón and gegearwian hoc miraculam exhibere, 166, 18. Án lufu is þe þú miht mé gegearwian there is one kindness that you may do me; unum est quod mihi impendere beneficium potes, 182, 6. Hié sculon ládteówdóm geearwian, Past. 138, 17. VII. to make easy to do:--Mé þæt mægen þe ǽr þæs inganges duru bewerede æfter þan þone ingang þæs síðfætes gegearwode, Hml. S. 23 b, 464. v. un-gegearwod. ge-gearwian

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