Old English

Verb

hwearfian

1. to turn on something (such as fate or a hinge), to revolve, to roll about
   • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project

     Ælc gesceaft hwearfaþ on hire selfre swá swá hweól, and tó ðam heó swá hwearfaþ ðæt heó eft cume ðær heó ær wæs.

2. to wander, to move
   • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project

     Fóran hwearfigende geond ðæt wésten.

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

     Hé biþ fremede freán ælmihtigum englum ungelíc ána hwearfaþ.

3. to change
   • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project

     Ðú wást hú ða woruldsælþa hwearfiaþ ... hwí ne hwearfost ðú mid him?

4. to wave
   • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project

     Fana hwearfode on sceafte.

Conjugation

Related terms

• hwearf
• hweorfan

References

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