Old English

Alternative forms

• hwærfan, hwerfan, hwearfan, hwirfan, hwyrfan

Verb

hwierfan

1. to turn, revolve, walk, go, roam, or move about
   • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project
     1.  : Mannes sáwl hweóle gelícost hwærfeþ ymbe hý selfe.
     2.  : Hægl hwyrft of heofones lyfte.
     3.  : Cynna gehwylcum ðara ðe cwice hwyrfaþ.
     4.  : Hwearfdon geond ðæt atole scref.
     5.  : On gemynd hwyrfe unrihtwísnys fædera his.
     6.  : Me þincþ þú hwerfest ymbúton sume wunderlice spræce.
2. (transitive and intransitive) to turn or change
   • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project
     1.  : He hwierfde his stemne nales his mód.
     2.  : Adame his hyge hwyrfde and his heorte ongann wendan tó hire willan.
     3.  : Ic hider and þider mé (reflex, dat.) hwyrfde.
     4.  : Hié heora wæpen hwyrfdon wiþ Bryttas.
3. (transitive, with genitive) to exchange or barter
   • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project

     Aðelwold bisceop and Wulfstán Uccea hwyrfdon landa on Eádgáres cyninges gewytnesse.

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References

• A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
• Old English to Modern English Translator