oferēode þā
æðelinga
bearn
stēap stān-hliðo, _went over steep, rocky precipices_, 1409; pl.
stēap stān-hliðo, _went over steep, rocky precipices_, 1409; pl.
Beowulf
, _wood of social enjoyment_, i.
e.
harp: nom.
sg.
þǣr wæs
. . . gomenwudu grēted, 1066; acc. sg. gomenwudu grētte, 2109.
gamol, gomol, gomel, adj. , _old_; of persons, _having lived many years,
gray_: gamol, 58, 265; gomol, 3096; gomel, 2113, 2794; se gomela, 1398;
gamela (gomela) Scylding, 1793, 2106; gomela, 2932; acc. sg. þone gomelan,
2422; dat. sg. gamelum rince, 1678; gomelum ceorle, 2445; þām gomelan,
2818; nom. pl. blondenfeaxe gomele, 1596. --Also, _late, belonging to former
time_: gen. pl. gomelra lāfe (_legacy_), 2037. --Of things, _old, from old
times_: nom. sg. sweord . . . gomol, 2683; acc. sg. gomele lāfe, 2564; gomel
swyrd, 2611; gamol is a more respectful word than eald.
gamol-feax, adj. , _with gray hair_: nom. sg. , 609.
gang, st. m. : 1) _gait, way_: dat. sg. on gange, 1885; gen. sg. ic hine ne
mihte . . . ganges ge-twǣman, _could not keep him from going_, 969. --2)
_step, foot-step_: nom. sg. gang (the foot-print of the mother of Grendel),
1405; acc. sg. uton hraðe fēran Grendles māgan gang scēawigan, 1392. --Comp.
in-gang.
be-gang, bi-gang, st. m. , (_so far as something goes_), _extent_: acc. sg.
ofer geofenes begang, _over the extent of the sea_, 362; ofer flōda begang,
1827; under swegles begong, 861, 1774; flōda begong, 1498; sioleða bigong,
2368.
gangan. See under gān.
ganot, st. m. , _diver_, fulica marina: gen. sg. ofer ganotes bæð (i. e. the
sea), 1862.
gād, st. n. , _lack_: nom. sg. ne bið þē wilna gād (_thou shalt have no lack
of desirable_ [valuable] _things_), 661; similarly, 950.
gān, _expanded_ = gangan, st. v. , _to go_: pres. sg. III. gǣð ā Wyrd swā
hīo scel, 455; gǣð eft . . . tō medo, 605; þonne hē . . . on flett gǣð, 2035;
similarly, 2055; pres. subj. III. sg. gā þǣr hē wille, _let him go whither
he will_, 1395; imp. sg. II. gā nū tō setle, 1783; nū þū lungre geong, hord
scēawian, under hārne stān, 2744; inf. in gān, _to go in_, 386, 1645 'forð
gān, _to go forth, to go thither_, 1164; þat hīe him tō mihton gegnum
gangan, _to go towards, to go to_, 314; tō sele . . . gangan cwōmon, 324; in
a similar construction, gongan, 1643; nū gē mōton gangan . . . Hrōðgār
gesēon, 395; þā cōm of mōre . . . Grendel gongan, _there came Grendel (going)
from the fen_, 712; ongēan gramum gangan, _to go to meet the enemy, to go
to the war_, 1035; cwōm . . . tō hofe gongan, 1975; wutun gangan tō, _let us
go thither_, 2649. --As preterite, serve, 1) gēong or gīong: hē tō healle
gēong, 926; similarly, 2019; sē þe on orde gēong, _who went at the head,
went in front, _3126; on innan gīong, _went in_, 2215; hē . . . gīong tō þæs
þe hē eorðsele ānne wisse, _went thither, where he knew of that earth-hall,
_2410; þā se æðeling, gīong, þæt hē bī wealle gesæt, _then went the prince_
(Bēowulf) _that he might sit down by the wall_, 2716. --2) gang: tō healle
gang Healfdenes sunu, 1010; similarly, 1296; gang þā æfter flōre, _went
along the floor, along the hall_, 1317. --3) gengde (Goth. gaggida): hē . . .
beforan gengde . . . , wong scēawian, _went in front to inspect the fields_,
1413; gengde, also of riding, 1402. --4) from another stem, ēode (Goth.
iddja): ēode ellenrōf, þæt hē for eaxlum gestōd Deniga frēan, 358;
similarly, 403; [wið duru healle Wulfgār ēode], _went towards the door of
the hall_, 390; ēode Wealhþēow forð, _went forth_, 613; ēode tō hire frēan
sittan, 641; ēode yrremōd, _went with angry feeling_, 727; ēode . . . tō
sele, 919; similarly, 1233; ēode . . . þǣr se snottra bād, 1313; ēode weorð
Denum æðeling tō yppan, _the prince_ (Bēowulf), _honored by the Danes, went
to the high seat_, 1815; ēode . . . under inwit-hrōf, 3124; pl. þǣr
swīðferhðe sittan ēodon, 493; ēodon him þā tōgēanes, _went to meet him_,
1627; ēodon under Earna næs, 3032.
ā-gangan, _to go out, to go forth, to befall_: pret. part. swā bit āgangen
wearð eorla manegum (_as it befell many a one of the earls_), 1235.
full-gangan, _to emulate, to follow after_: pret. sg. þonne . . . sceft nytte
hēold, feðer-gearwum fūs flāne full-ēode, _when the shaft had employment,
furnished with feathers it followed the arrow, did as the arrow_, 3120.
ge-gān, ge-gangan: 1) _to go, to approach_: inf. (w. acc. ) his mōdor . . .
gegān wolde sorhfulne sīð, 1278; sē þe gryre-sīðas gegān dorste, _who dared
to go the ways of terror_ (to go into the combat), 1463; pret. sg. se maga
geonga under his mǣges scyld elne geēode, _went quickly under his kinsman's
shield_, 2677; pl. elne geēodon tō þæs þe . . . , _went quickly thither where_
. . . , 1968; pret. part. syððan hīe tō-gædre gegān hæfdon, _when they_
(Wīglāf and the drake) _had come together_, 2631; þæt his aldres wæs ende
gegongen, _that the end of his life had come_, 823; þā wæs endedæg gōdum
gegongen, þæt se gūðcyning . . . swealt, 3037. --2) _to obtain, to reach_:
inf. (w. acc. ) þonne hē æt gūðe gegān þenceð longsumne lof, 1536; ic mid
elne sceall gold gegangan, 2537; gerund, næs þæt ȳðe cēap tō gegangenne
gumena ǣnigum, 2417; pret. pl. elne geēodon . . . þæt se byrnwīga būgan
sceolde, 2918; pret. part. hæfde . . . gegongen þæt, _had attained it, that_
. . . , 894; hord ys gescēawod, grimme gegongen, 3086. --3) _to occur, to
happen_: pres. sg. III. gif þæt gegangeð þæt . . . , _if that happen, that_
. . . , 1847; pret. sg. þæt geīode ufaran dōgrum hilde-hlæmmum, _it happened
in later times to the warriors_ (the Gēatas), 2201; pret. part. þā wæs
gegongen guman unfrōdum earfoðlīce þæt, _then it had happened to the young
man in sorrowful wise that_ . . . , 2822.
oð-gangan, _to-go thither_: pret. pl. oð þæt hī oðēodon . . . in Hrefnesholt,
2935.
ofer-gangan, w. acc. , _to go over_: pret. sg.
oferēode þā æðelinga bearn
stēap stān-hliðo, _went over steep, rocky precipices_, 1409; pl.
freoðo-wong þone forð oferēodon, 2960.
ymb-gangan, w. acc. , _to go around_: pret. ymb-ēode þā ides Helminga duguðe
and geogoðe dǣl ǣghwylcne, _went around in every part, among the superior
and the inferior warriors_, 621.
gār, st. m. , _spear, javelin, missile_: nom. sg. , 1847, 3022; instr. sg.
gāre, 1076; blōdigan gāre, 2441; gen. sg. gāres fliht, 1766; nom. pl.
gāras, 328; gen. pl. , 161(? ). --Comp. : bon-, frum-gār.
gār-cēne, adj. , _spear-bold_: nom. sg. , 1959.
gār-cwealm, st. m. , _murder, death by the spear_: acc. sg. gār-cwealm
gumena, 2044.
gār-holt, st. n. , _forest of spears_, i. e. crowd of spears: acc. sg. , 1835.
gār-secg, st. m. (cf. Grimm, in Haupt l. 578), _sea, ocean_: acc. sg. on
gār-secg, 49, 537; ofer gār-secg, 515.
gār-wiga, w. m. , _one who fights with the spear_: dat. sg. geongum
gār-wigan, of Wīglāf, 2675, 2812.
gār-wīgend, pres. part. , _fighting with spear, spear-fighter_: acc. pl.
gār-wīgend, 2642.
gāst, gǣst, st. m. , _ghost, demon_: acc. sg. helle gāst (Grendel), 1275;
gen. sg. wergan gāstes (of Grendel), 133; (of the tempter), 1748; gen. pl.
dyrnra gāsta (Grendel's race), 1358; gǣsta gīfrost (_flames consuming
corpses_), 1124. --Comp. : ellor-, geō-sceaft-gāst; ellen-, wæl-gǣst.
gāst-bana, w. m. , _slayer of the spirit_, i. e. the devil: nom. sg.
gāst-bona, 177.
gædeling, st. m. , _he who is connected with another, relation, companion_:
gen. sg. gædelinges, 2618; dat. pl. mid his gædelingum, 2950.
æt-gædere, adv. , _together, united_: 321, 1165, 1191; samod ætgædere, 329,
387, 730, 1064.
tō-gadere, adv. , _together_, 2631.
gæst, gist, gyst, st. m. , _stranger, guest_: nom. sg. gæst, 1801; se gæst
(the drake), 2313; se grimma gæst (Grendel), 102; gist, 1139, 1523; acc.
sg. gryre-līcne gist (the nixy slain by Bēowulf), 1442; dat. sg. gyste,
2229; nom. pl. gistas, 1603; acc. pl. gæs[tas], 1894. --Comp. : fēðe-,
gryre-, inwit-, nīð-, sele-gæst (-gyst).
gæst-sele, st. m. , _hall in which the guests spend their time, guest-hall_:
acc. sg. , 995.
gē, conj. , _and_, 1341; gē . . . gē . . . , _as well . . . as . . . _, 1865; gē . . .
gē . . . , gē . . . , 1249; gē swylce, _and likewise, and moreover_, 2259.
gē, pron. , _ye, you_, plur. of þū, 237, 245, etc.
gegn-cwide, st. m. , _reply_: gen. pl. þīnra gegn-cwida, 367.
gegnum, adv. , _thither, towards, away_, with the prep, tō, ofer, giving the
direction: þæt hīe him tō mihton gegnum gangan (_that they might go
thither_), 314; gegnum fōr [þā] ofer myrcan mōr, _away over the dark moor_,
1405.
gehðu, geohðu, st. f. , _sorrow, care_: instr. sg. giohðo mǣnde, 2268; dat.
sg. on gehðo, 3096; on giohðe, 2794.
gēn (from gegn), adv. , _yet, again_. ne wæs hit lenge þā gēn, þæt . . . , _it
was not then long before_ . . . , 83; ic sceal forð sprecan gēn ymb Grendel,
_shall from now on speak again of Grendel_, 2071; nō þȳ ǣr ūt þā gēn . . .
gongan wolde (_still he would not yet go out_), 2082; gēn is eall æt þē
lissa gelong (_yet all my favor belongs to thee_), 2150; þā gēn, _then
again_, 2678, 2703; swā hē nū gēn dēð, _as he still does_, 2860; furður
gēn, _further still, besides_, 3007; nū gēn, _now again_, 3169; ne gēn, _no
more, no farther_: ne wæs þæt wyrd þā gēn, _that was no more fate_ (fate no
longer willed that), 735.
gēna, _still_: cwico wæs þā gēna, _was still living_, 3094.
genga, w. m. , _goer_; in comp. in-, sǣ-, sceadu-genga.
gengde. See gān(3).
genge. See ūð-genge.
gēnunga (from gegnunga), adv. , _precisely, completely_, 2872.
gerwan, gyrwan, w. v. : 1) _to prepare, to make ready, to put in condition_:
pret. pl. gestsele gyredon, 995. --2) _to equip, to arm for battle_: pret.
sg. gyrede hine Bēowulf eorl-gewǣdum (_dressed himself in the armor_),
1442.
ge-gyrwan: 1) _to make, to prepare_: pret. pl. him þā gegiredan Gēata lēode
ād . . . unwāclīcne, 3138; pret. part. glōf . . . eall gegyrwed dēofles cræftum
and dracan fellum, 2088. --2) _to fit out, to make ready_: inf. cēol
gegyrwan hilde-wǣpnum and heaðowǣdum, 38; hēt him ȳðlidan gōdne gegyrwan,
_had (his) good ship fitted up for him_, 199. Also, _to provide warlike
equipment_: pret. part. syððan hē hine tō gūðe gegyred hæfde, 1473. --3) _to
endow, to provide, to adorn_: pret. part. nom. sg. beado-hrægl . . . golde
gegyrwed, 553; acc. sg. lāfe .
. . . gomenwudu grēted, 1066; acc. sg. gomenwudu grētte, 2109.
gamol, gomol, gomel, adj. , _old_; of persons, _having lived many years,
gray_: gamol, 58, 265; gomol, 3096; gomel, 2113, 2794; se gomela, 1398;
gamela (gomela) Scylding, 1793, 2106; gomela, 2932; acc. sg. þone gomelan,
2422; dat. sg. gamelum rince, 1678; gomelum ceorle, 2445; þām gomelan,
2818; nom. pl. blondenfeaxe gomele, 1596. --Also, _late, belonging to former
time_: gen. pl. gomelra lāfe (_legacy_), 2037. --Of things, _old, from old
times_: nom. sg. sweord . . . gomol, 2683; acc. sg. gomele lāfe, 2564; gomel
swyrd, 2611; gamol is a more respectful word than eald.
gamol-feax, adj. , _with gray hair_: nom. sg. , 609.
gang, st. m. : 1) _gait, way_: dat. sg. on gange, 1885; gen. sg. ic hine ne
mihte . . . ganges ge-twǣman, _could not keep him from going_, 969. --2)
_step, foot-step_: nom. sg. gang (the foot-print of the mother of Grendel),
1405; acc. sg. uton hraðe fēran Grendles māgan gang scēawigan, 1392. --Comp.
in-gang.
be-gang, bi-gang, st. m. , (_so far as something goes_), _extent_: acc. sg.
ofer geofenes begang, _over the extent of the sea_, 362; ofer flōda begang,
1827; under swegles begong, 861, 1774; flōda begong, 1498; sioleða bigong,
2368.
gangan. See under gān.
ganot, st. m. , _diver_, fulica marina: gen. sg. ofer ganotes bæð (i. e. the
sea), 1862.
gād, st. n. , _lack_: nom. sg. ne bið þē wilna gād (_thou shalt have no lack
of desirable_ [valuable] _things_), 661; similarly, 950.
gān, _expanded_ = gangan, st. v. , _to go_: pres. sg. III. gǣð ā Wyrd swā
hīo scel, 455; gǣð eft . . . tō medo, 605; þonne hē . . . on flett gǣð, 2035;
similarly, 2055; pres. subj. III. sg. gā þǣr hē wille, _let him go whither
he will_, 1395; imp. sg. II. gā nū tō setle, 1783; nū þū lungre geong, hord
scēawian, under hārne stān, 2744; inf. in gān, _to go in_, 386, 1645 'forð
gān, _to go forth, to go thither_, 1164; þat hīe him tō mihton gegnum
gangan, _to go towards, to go to_, 314; tō sele . . . gangan cwōmon, 324; in
a similar construction, gongan, 1643; nū gē mōton gangan . . . Hrōðgār
gesēon, 395; þā cōm of mōre . . . Grendel gongan, _there came Grendel (going)
from the fen_, 712; ongēan gramum gangan, _to go to meet the enemy, to go
to the war_, 1035; cwōm . . . tō hofe gongan, 1975; wutun gangan tō, _let us
go thither_, 2649. --As preterite, serve, 1) gēong or gīong: hē tō healle
gēong, 926; similarly, 2019; sē þe on orde gēong, _who went at the head,
went in front, _3126; on innan gīong, _went in_, 2215; hē . . . gīong tō þæs
þe hē eorðsele ānne wisse, _went thither, where he knew of that earth-hall,
_2410; þā se æðeling, gīong, þæt hē bī wealle gesæt, _then went the prince_
(Bēowulf) _that he might sit down by the wall_, 2716. --2) gang: tō healle
gang Healfdenes sunu, 1010; similarly, 1296; gang þā æfter flōre, _went
along the floor, along the hall_, 1317. --3) gengde (Goth. gaggida): hē . . .
beforan gengde . . . , wong scēawian, _went in front to inspect the fields_,
1413; gengde, also of riding, 1402. --4) from another stem, ēode (Goth.
iddja): ēode ellenrōf, þæt hē for eaxlum gestōd Deniga frēan, 358;
similarly, 403; [wið duru healle Wulfgār ēode], _went towards the door of
the hall_, 390; ēode Wealhþēow forð, _went forth_, 613; ēode tō hire frēan
sittan, 641; ēode yrremōd, _went with angry feeling_, 727; ēode . . . tō
sele, 919; similarly, 1233; ēode . . . þǣr se snottra bād, 1313; ēode weorð
Denum æðeling tō yppan, _the prince_ (Bēowulf), _honored by the Danes, went
to the high seat_, 1815; ēode . . . under inwit-hrōf, 3124; pl. þǣr
swīðferhðe sittan ēodon, 493; ēodon him þā tōgēanes, _went to meet him_,
1627; ēodon under Earna næs, 3032.
ā-gangan, _to go out, to go forth, to befall_: pret. part. swā bit āgangen
wearð eorla manegum (_as it befell many a one of the earls_), 1235.
full-gangan, _to emulate, to follow after_: pret. sg. þonne . . . sceft nytte
hēold, feðer-gearwum fūs flāne full-ēode, _when the shaft had employment,
furnished with feathers it followed the arrow, did as the arrow_, 3120.
ge-gān, ge-gangan: 1) _to go, to approach_: inf. (w. acc. ) his mōdor . . .
gegān wolde sorhfulne sīð, 1278; sē þe gryre-sīðas gegān dorste, _who dared
to go the ways of terror_ (to go into the combat), 1463; pret. sg. se maga
geonga under his mǣges scyld elne geēode, _went quickly under his kinsman's
shield_, 2677; pl. elne geēodon tō þæs þe . . . , _went quickly thither where_
. . . , 1968; pret. part. syððan hīe tō-gædre gegān hæfdon, _when they_
(Wīglāf and the drake) _had come together_, 2631; þæt his aldres wæs ende
gegongen, _that the end of his life had come_, 823; þā wæs endedæg gōdum
gegongen, þæt se gūðcyning . . . swealt, 3037. --2) _to obtain, to reach_:
inf. (w. acc. ) þonne hē æt gūðe gegān þenceð longsumne lof, 1536; ic mid
elne sceall gold gegangan, 2537; gerund, næs þæt ȳðe cēap tō gegangenne
gumena ǣnigum, 2417; pret. pl. elne geēodon . . . þæt se byrnwīga būgan
sceolde, 2918; pret. part. hæfde . . . gegongen þæt, _had attained it, that_
. . . , 894; hord ys gescēawod, grimme gegongen, 3086. --3) _to occur, to
happen_: pres. sg. III. gif þæt gegangeð þæt . . . , _if that happen, that_
. . . , 1847; pret. sg. þæt geīode ufaran dōgrum hilde-hlæmmum, _it happened
in later times to the warriors_ (the Gēatas), 2201; pret. part. þā wæs
gegongen guman unfrōdum earfoðlīce þæt, _then it had happened to the young
man in sorrowful wise that_ . . . , 2822.
oð-gangan, _to-go thither_: pret. pl. oð þæt hī oðēodon . . . in Hrefnesholt,
2935.
ofer-gangan, w. acc. , _to go over_: pret. sg.
oferēode þā æðelinga bearn
stēap stān-hliðo, _went over steep, rocky precipices_, 1409; pl.
freoðo-wong þone forð oferēodon, 2960.
ymb-gangan, w. acc. , _to go around_: pret. ymb-ēode þā ides Helminga duguðe
and geogoðe dǣl ǣghwylcne, _went around in every part, among the superior
and the inferior warriors_, 621.
gār, st. m. , _spear, javelin, missile_: nom. sg. , 1847, 3022; instr. sg.
gāre, 1076; blōdigan gāre, 2441; gen. sg. gāres fliht, 1766; nom. pl.
gāras, 328; gen. pl. , 161(? ). --Comp. : bon-, frum-gār.
gār-cēne, adj. , _spear-bold_: nom. sg. , 1959.
gār-cwealm, st. m. , _murder, death by the spear_: acc. sg. gār-cwealm
gumena, 2044.
gār-holt, st. n. , _forest of spears_, i. e. crowd of spears: acc. sg. , 1835.
gār-secg, st. m. (cf. Grimm, in Haupt l. 578), _sea, ocean_: acc. sg. on
gār-secg, 49, 537; ofer gār-secg, 515.
gār-wiga, w. m. , _one who fights with the spear_: dat. sg. geongum
gār-wigan, of Wīglāf, 2675, 2812.
gār-wīgend, pres. part. , _fighting with spear, spear-fighter_: acc. pl.
gār-wīgend, 2642.
gāst, gǣst, st. m. , _ghost, demon_: acc. sg. helle gāst (Grendel), 1275;
gen. sg. wergan gāstes (of Grendel), 133; (of the tempter), 1748; gen. pl.
dyrnra gāsta (Grendel's race), 1358; gǣsta gīfrost (_flames consuming
corpses_), 1124. --Comp. : ellor-, geō-sceaft-gāst; ellen-, wæl-gǣst.
gāst-bana, w. m. , _slayer of the spirit_, i. e. the devil: nom. sg.
gāst-bona, 177.
gædeling, st. m. , _he who is connected with another, relation, companion_:
gen. sg. gædelinges, 2618; dat. pl. mid his gædelingum, 2950.
æt-gædere, adv. , _together, united_: 321, 1165, 1191; samod ætgædere, 329,
387, 730, 1064.
tō-gadere, adv. , _together_, 2631.
gæst, gist, gyst, st. m. , _stranger, guest_: nom. sg. gæst, 1801; se gæst
(the drake), 2313; se grimma gæst (Grendel), 102; gist, 1139, 1523; acc.
sg. gryre-līcne gist (the nixy slain by Bēowulf), 1442; dat. sg. gyste,
2229; nom. pl. gistas, 1603; acc. pl. gæs[tas], 1894. --Comp. : fēðe-,
gryre-, inwit-, nīð-, sele-gæst (-gyst).
gæst-sele, st. m. , _hall in which the guests spend their time, guest-hall_:
acc. sg. , 995.
gē, conj. , _and_, 1341; gē . . . gē . . . , _as well . . . as . . . _, 1865; gē . . .
gē . . . , gē . . . , 1249; gē swylce, _and likewise, and moreover_, 2259.
gē, pron. , _ye, you_, plur. of þū, 237, 245, etc.
gegn-cwide, st. m. , _reply_: gen. pl. þīnra gegn-cwida, 367.
gegnum, adv. , _thither, towards, away_, with the prep, tō, ofer, giving the
direction: þæt hīe him tō mihton gegnum gangan (_that they might go
thither_), 314; gegnum fōr [þā] ofer myrcan mōr, _away over the dark moor_,
1405.
gehðu, geohðu, st. f. , _sorrow, care_: instr. sg. giohðo mǣnde, 2268; dat.
sg. on gehðo, 3096; on giohðe, 2794.
gēn (from gegn), adv. , _yet, again_. ne wæs hit lenge þā gēn, þæt . . . , _it
was not then long before_ . . . , 83; ic sceal forð sprecan gēn ymb Grendel,
_shall from now on speak again of Grendel_, 2071; nō þȳ ǣr ūt þā gēn . . .
gongan wolde (_still he would not yet go out_), 2082; gēn is eall æt þē
lissa gelong (_yet all my favor belongs to thee_), 2150; þā gēn, _then
again_, 2678, 2703; swā hē nū gēn dēð, _as he still does_, 2860; furður
gēn, _further still, besides_, 3007; nū gēn, _now again_, 3169; ne gēn, _no
more, no farther_: ne wæs þæt wyrd þā gēn, _that was no more fate_ (fate no
longer willed that), 735.
gēna, _still_: cwico wæs þā gēna, _was still living_, 3094.
genga, w. m. , _goer_; in comp. in-, sǣ-, sceadu-genga.
gengde. See gān(3).
genge. See ūð-genge.
gēnunga (from gegnunga), adv. , _precisely, completely_, 2872.
gerwan, gyrwan, w. v. : 1) _to prepare, to make ready, to put in condition_:
pret. pl. gestsele gyredon, 995. --2) _to equip, to arm for battle_: pret.
sg. gyrede hine Bēowulf eorl-gewǣdum (_dressed himself in the armor_),
1442.
ge-gyrwan: 1) _to make, to prepare_: pret. pl. him þā gegiredan Gēata lēode
ād . . . unwāclīcne, 3138; pret. part. glōf . . . eall gegyrwed dēofles cræftum
and dracan fellum, 2088. --2) _to fit out, to make ready_: inf. cēol
gegyrwan hilde-wǣpnum and heaðowǣdum, 38; hēt him ȳðlidan gōdne gegyrwan,
_had (his) good ship fitted up for him_, 199. Also, _to provide warlike
equipment_: pret. part. syððan hē hine tō gūðe gegyred hæfde, 1473. --3) _to
endow, to provide, to adorn_: pret. part. nom. sg. beado-hrægl . . . golde
gegyrwed, 553; acc. sg. lāfe .
