Gearwian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

gearwian

Dele 'gerwan, ... gierian,' and add: I. to make ready :-- Farað and gearwiað (earwiað, ) ús, ꝥ wé úre eástron gewyrcon, Lk. 22, 8. I a. to make ready to do something :-- Huér wiltu ꝥ wé gearuiga (iarwan, R.) ðé til eottanne eástro?, Mt. L. 26, 17. Hine forcuoede gearuande se excusare studentes, Lk. p. 8, 13. II. to make ready. (1) a thing for use, a place for occupation :-- Ic gearuwe byrnende blácern paravi lucernam, Ps. Th. 131, 18. Hé deádum monnum líf gearuwað (gearwað, v. l.) vitam mortuis praeparans, Past. 261, 18. Hé þá heofonlican rícu gearwaþ eallum geleáffullum, Bl. H. 31, 6. (1 a) where the purpose for which a thing is prepared is given :-- Hé gearwaþ þínne innoð his Suna tó brýdbúre, Bl. H. 9, 9. (2) of ships, to equip :-- Ꝥ man ǽghwilce geáre sóna æfter Eástron fyrdscipa gearwige, Ll. Th. i. 324, 4. (3) of food or meals, dress food, prepare a meal :-- Martha gearwode þám Hǽlende ǽfengereordu, Bl. H. 67, 26. Gearwa (gearw, earwa, W. S.) mé ðætte ic giriordige para quod cenem, Lk. R. 17, 8. Georwigað (gearuas, L.) ús eóstru ꝥte wé ete, 22, 8. III. to bring to completion or maturity :-- Se háta sumor drýgþ and gearwaþ sǽd and bléda, Bt. 39, 13; F. 234, 15. III a. to come to maturity :-- Treówu grénu wexað and gearwað and rípað, Solil. H. 10, 5. IV. to make ready a person (1) to do something :-- Gearwa þé and þú on þone síð fére, Guth. 86, 26. (2) for an action :-- Gearwige hé hine tó húselgange, Ll. Th. i. 322, 7: 310, 7. (3) to dress, clothe :-- Gearwæþ uestit, Mt. R. 6, 30. V. to procure, provide :-- Hit gerewað parat(cibum), Kent. Gl. 133. Émetan gearwiað formice parant (cibum sibi), 1103. Ðá ðe ðú georwades those things which thou hast provided, Lk. R. 12, 20. VI. to do, perform :-- Begǽþ, gearwaþ exercet, i. parat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 64. Hié sculon látteówdóm gearwian ðám geleáffullum and him sculon fore beón ut sacrum ducatum praebeant, fidelibus praesunt, Past. 139, 16. Ðegnunge gearwian, Bl. H. 247, 10. VII. to grant :-- Gearwig l gionn ꝥte cirica ðín giðii praesta ut ecclesia tua proficiat, Rtl. 18, 21. v. full-, ymb-gearwian; girwan. gearwian

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