sierwan

\sierwan ¹ wv/t1b 3^rd pres siereþ past sierede ptp gesiered, gesierwed 1. in a good sense, to plan, devise, use art in doing something; 2. in a bad sense, (1) wv/t1b to plan, contrive, devise, plot, attempt with craft; (a) to devise a plan; (b) to lie in wait for, ambush, lay snares for, entrap; (2) with a clause; hé ongann sierwan hú hé hine beswícan meahte he began to plot how he might deceive him; (3) without a case, (a) in the following glosses; (b) to lie in wait, plot; (c) w.prep. to lie in wait for, plot against; þu sierest ongéan hire hóh you plot against her headland; þá sierede Herodias ymbe hine then Herod lay in wait for him; (α) to plot about a matter; 3. to put on armor; 4. ge\sierwan to fit out, arm, equip; [searu]