Ge-wlitegian
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-wlitegian
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- ge-wlitegian
- Add:--Gewlitegaþ comat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 14. (1) physical, (a) to give (beautiful) form to:--Ðá gesceafta hé þwáraþ and gewlitegaþ, hwílum eft unwlitegaþ and on óþrum híwe gebrengþ elementa in se invicem temperat, et alterna commutatione transformat, Bt. 39, 8; F. 224, 9. (b) to decorate, ornament with:--Hé mid þám hræglum þus gewlitegod wæs gangende in ꝥ mynster, Gr. D. 131, 21. (2) non-physical:--Beón gewlitegod decorari (meritorum Margaritis), An. Ox. 1197. Gewlitegod decoretur, i. ornetur (mandatorum varietate), 1020. Ðæt tácnað ðætte eal ðá gód and ðá mægenu beón gewlitegode mid ðǽre lufan Godes and monna ut omnia virtutum bona ex caritate decorentur, Past. 87, 4.