p. -gnád, pl. -gnidon; pp. -gniden To rub, rub together, comminute; fricare, defricare, fricando comminuere, planare, levigare :-- Nim ðas ylcan wyrte dryg he ðonne and gegníd to duste take this same wort, then dry it, and rub it to dust, Herb. 90, 10; Lchdm. i. 196, 12. Genim ðas wyrte on wætre gegnidene take this wort rubbed in water, Herb. 84, 1; Lchdm. i. 188, 1. Ic gegníde plano vel levigo, Ælfc. Gl. 36; Som. 62, 8.