Ge-wǽdian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-wǽdian

Add: -wǽdan :-- To wrap up :-- Ðet on gewuǽd quod inolcuerit ( = involucerit ? cf. involucrum gewynd, Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 25), Angl. xi. 171, 9. I. to clothe, (1) a person :-- Gwédon hine tunuc induerunt eum tunicam, Mt. L. 27, 28. Gewóedað hine induite illum, Lk. L. 15, 22. Gewéded uestitus, 8, 35. Hý gewǽdode (vestiti) resten, R. Ben. 47, 9. (2) a thing :-- Gif gers God swǽ geuoedes (vestit), Mt. L. 6, 30. II. to dress a house, adorn with hangings, tapestry, &c.; vestire ( = aulaeis ornare, Migne) :-- Mid ðám geleáfan he gefrætewad and gewǽdað his hús, þæt is, þæt he gegearwað his heortan Gode on tó wunianne, Wlfst. 35, 10. III. to furnish a ship with sails, II :-- Hí ꝥ scip genámon eall gewǽpnod and gewǽdod, Chr. 992; P. 127, 19. [O. H. Ger. ge-wáten, wátón vestire.] ge-wædian

Related words: ge-wǽde;