hwearfian

Meaning

1. to turn on something (such as fate or a hinge), to revolve, to roll about

   (Bt. 25; Fox 88, 32: Bt. Met. Fox 13, 150; Met. 13, 75.)

   1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project Ǣlc gesceaft hwearfaþ

2. to wander, to move

   Fōran hwearfigende geond ðæt wēsten. They went wandering through the desert. (Ors. 6, 31; Swt. 286, 19.)

   1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project

3. to change

   Ðū wāst hū ða woruldsǣlþa hwearfiaþ... hwī ne hwearfost ðū mid him Thou knowest how worldly blessings change... why dost thou not change with them?

   (Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 6.)

   1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project

4. to wave

   Fana hwearfode on sceafte The banner waved on its staff,

   (Bt. Met. Fox 1, 20; Met. 1, 10.)

   1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project

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