Ge-wissian
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-wissian
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- ge-wissian
- Add: I. to direct. (1) the subject a person (human or divine), (a) to direct a person in his actions, a thing in its movements, (α) with dat. or uncertain:--On þám bócum þe Móyses áwrát swá swá him gewissode God, Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 37. Hé ástealde þe stíðan drohtnunge swá swá Críst him gewissode, Hml. S. 16, 100: 22, 5. Ꝥ þú mé gewissige bet þonne ic áwyrhte tó þé, Bt. 42; F. 260, 5. Sé ús gewissige á on ðysse worulde, and tó þám écan lífe gelǽde, Hml. S. 17, 268. (β) with acc.:--Mód hé begéme and hé gewissige mentem gubernet et regat, Hy. S. 16, 9. (γ) to direct to an end:--Hé his híwrǽdene tó ðám ylcan gewissode, Hml. Th. ii. 348, 17. Gewissa mé tó ðínum willan and tó mínre sáwle þearfe bet þonne ic sylf cunne, Bt. 42; F. 260, 6. ¶ of authoritative direction by a ruler, teacher, &c. (α) absolute:--Swá ic bufan gewissode sicut supra taxavimus, R. Ben. 44, 2. Sé ðe underféhð sáwla tó gewissianne qui suscipit animas regendas, R. Ben. I. 16, 17, 12. (β) with dat. or uncertain:--God his weorce gewissað oð ðisse weorulde geendunge est gubernator in totius mundi naturis, Angl. vii. 4, 24. Hé mid þǽm pallium þǽr mæssode swá se pápa him gewissode, Chr. 1022; P. 157, 2. Swá ealde úðwitan ús gewissedon, Angl. viii. 333, 5. (γ) with acc.:--Nihte and dæg þú gewissast (regis), Hy. S. 6, 4. Embhwerft þú gewissast orbem regis, 26, 4: 91, 21. Se láreów bið unscyldig, gif hé þæt folc mid láre gewissað, Hml. Th. i. 240, 11. Bisceop sceall gehádode men ǽrest gewissian, ꝥ heora ǽlc wite hwæt him mid rihte gebyrige tó dónne, Ll. Th. ii. 312, 10. Þryfealdne gewissigendne cræft trinam regentem machinam, Hy. S. 75, 1. (b) to direct the course, way, &c., of a person:--Þenc ǽfre embe God on eallum ðínum wegum and hé sylf gewissað wel þíne fare in omnibus viis tuis cogita illum, et ipse diriget gressus tuos (Proto appoint a time:--Tó þám ylcan ándagan þe hé him gewissode, Hml. A. 97, 167. (2) the subject a thing:--Hú man mæg þone weg gefaran þe gewissað tó Gode, Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 39. II. to give information about, inform a person of something:--Heó him cúðlíce ealle þing ymbe Crístes menniscnysse gewissode, Hml. Th. i. 440, 1. Ic wolde georne æt ðé gewitan þissere byrig rihtnaman, gif þú mé woldest gewissigan I should like to know from you the proper name of this town, if you would inform me, Hml. S. 23, 548. ge-wissian