Ge-twǽfan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-twǽfan

Add: (1) to prevent a person (acc.) from action (gen) :-- God eáðe mæg þone dolsceaðan dǽda getwǽfan, 8. 479. Nó þǽr wǽgflotan wind síðes getwǽfde, 1908. (2) to deprive a person (acc.) of something (gen.) B. 1433 (in Dict.). (3) to take something (acc.) from a person (dat.) :-- Þý lǽs him wéstengryre ferhð getwǽfde, Exod. 119. (4) with acc. only, to end a dispute. Cf. ge-twǽman (3) :-- Ic þæt unsófte ealdre gedígde ... ætrihte wæs gúð getwǽfde nymðe mec God scylde I hardly escaped it with life ... almost was battle ended, unless God had protected me, 6. 1658. ge-twæfan