Ge-wǽpnian
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-wǽpnian
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- ge-wǽpnian
- Add: I. of persons, (1) of military weapons :-- Hé hine gescrýdde mid his byrnan, and hine ealne gewǽpnode, Hml. S. 25, 280. Swá gewépned wer quasi vir armatus, Kent. Gl. 139. On ðǽre fyrde wǽron feówertig þúsenda swýðe gewǽpnode, Homl. S. 25, 333. Myd seofen þúsend gewǽpnodra manna, Hml. A. 184, 92. (2) of spiritual weapons :-- Gié ðǽm ilca smeawnge iúih giwoepnigað vos eadem cogitatione armamini, Rtl. 21, 38. II. of animals. (1) of military equipment :-- Cumad mycele deór: hí beóð gewǽpnode on ðá wísan þe man hors gewǽpnað, þonne man tó wíge þencð, Wlfst. 200, 11. (2) of natural means of attack or defence :-- Hæfde ꝥ deór þrié hornas on foranheáfde, and mid þǽm hornum wæs egeslíce gewǽpnod bestia tribus armata in fronte cornibus, Nar. 15, 14. III. of things. (1) material :-- Hí ꝥ scip genámon eall gewǽpnod, Chr. 992; P. 127, 19. (2) non-material :-- Gewoepnadum mægne armata virtute, Rtl. 145, 28. [O. H. Ger. ge-wáfnót armatus.]