Old English · noun
hwyrft
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /xwyrft/[ʍyrˠft]
- Syllables
- xwyrft (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- revolutioncircuitorbit
Meaning
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revolution, turning, circuit, orbit
-
movement, motion, course
byþ hwītust corna; hwyrft hit of heofones lyfte, wealcaþ hit windes sċūra, weorþeþ hit tō wætere syððan.
Hail is the whitest of corns; it is a movement from the heaven’s air, showers of wind stir it, afterwards it turns to water.
c. 1000, The Rune Poem:
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
Deverbal from hweorfan.
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