Old English

Alternative forms

• þwerh-, þwyrh-, þwēor-, þwȳr-

Prefix

þweorh-

1. cross; crooked, opposed, counter-

   þwēortīeme "contentious, gainward, opposed"

   þweorhfuru "a cross-furrow"

2. perverse, depraved

   þwēorscipe "perversity, depravity, iniquity"

3. resolute

   þweorhtimbre "resolutely built"