Ge-orwénan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-orwénan

Add: (1) absolute:--Gif ðú georwénst si desperaveris, Kent. Gl. 925. Ne georwén ðú ne desperis, 702. (2) to despair of. (a) with acc.:--Nán georwénan scyl forgyfenysse nullus desperare debet ueniam, Scint. 48, 6. (b) with (negative) clause:--Ðá þe hé georwénde ꝥ him nǽfre ofer ꝥ ne mihte beón geleoðad cum relaxari se jam posse desperaret, Gr. D. 326, 11. (c) to despair of a person (acc.) in respect to some particular (clause):--Se cniht wæs georwéned fram þám lǽcum ꝥ hé ǽfre trum wurde a medicis desperatus, Gr. D. 338, 29. (3) to despair of (be):--Ne scealt þú ná georwénan be þíra synna forgyfenesse, Archiv cxxii. 257, 20. ge-orwenan