Ge-níwian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-níwian

Add: I. to renovate, restore what has decayed or been injured. (1) the object material:--Eft geníuað wæs hond his restituta est manus ejus, Lk. L. 6, 10. Eal bið geníwað feðerhoma, swá hé æt frymðe wæs, Ph. 279. Hé (the Phenix) forð wunað wæstmum geníwad, ealles edgiong, 580. Hrægl bið geníwad, Rä. 14, 9. (2) the object non-material:--Eft geníues restituens, Mt. p. 13, 4. Hé eft geníweges alle restituet omnia, Mt. L. 17, 11. Gást rehtne geniówa, Ps. Srt. 50, 11: Ps. C. 93. Ðá eftácennednisses hérnise giníwe gimeodumad arð quos regenerations misterio innovare dignatus es, Rtl. 35, 17. Wǽron ǽrendræcan gesend tó Englalande tó geníweanne ðone geleáuan ðá Scs Gregorius ús sende, Chr. 785; P. 54, 12. Bið geníwad feorh, Ph. 279. II. to renew what has ceased to operate:--Hyht wæs geníwad, Cri. 529: An. 1012: Jul. 607: Gú. 926: Kr. 148: Jud. 98. Sorg bið geníwad, Wand. 50: B. 1322. Cearo bið geníwad, Wand. 55: B. 1303. Þá se wyrm onwóc, wróht wæs geníwad, 2287. II a. to repeat:--Giníwia frequentare, Rtl. 9, 13. [O. H. Ger. ge-niwón renovare.? ge-niwian