Gnídan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

gnídan

Add:--Ic gníde frico, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 11. Frico ic gníde, fricui ic gnád, frictum gegniden, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 137, 15. I. to rub an object:--Hit biþ geornlic þæt mon heardlíce gníde þone hnescestan mealmstán, Ors. 4, 13; S. 212, 27. I a. to rub one object against another:--Beóres tácen is þæt þú gníde þíne hand on þá óþre, Tech. ii. 125, 21. I b. to rub a surface with material, cover a surface by rubbing:--Reóde gnídan fucare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 49. Hé hét hine mid sealte gnídan, Hml. S. 14, 46. II. to rub material on a surface:--Hé gnád on ansýne þæs mannes ꝥ dúst . . . hé lange hwíle gnád, Gr. D. 216, 15. [N. E. D. gnide.] v. á-, be-gnídan. gnidan