hwearfian
Old English
Alternative forms
- hƿearfian
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hwarbōną (“to wander around”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhwæɑ̯rviɑn/
Verb
hwearfian
- 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 hƿearfaþ on hire selfre sƿá sƿá hƿeól, and tó ðam heó sƿá hƿearfaþ ðæt heó eft cume ðær heó ær ƿæs.
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project
- to wander, to move
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project
- Fóran hƿearfigende geond ðæt ƿésten.
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project
- Hé biþ fremede freán ælmihtigum englum ungelíc ána hƿearfaþ.
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project
- to change
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project
- Ðú ƿást hú ða ƿoruldsælþa hƿearfiaþ ... hƿí ne hƿearfost ðú mid him?
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project
- to wave
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project
- Fana hƿearfode on sceafte.
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project
Conjugation
Conjugation of hwearfian (weak class 2)
infinitive | hwearfian | tō hwearfienne |
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indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | hwearfie hwearfiġe |
hwearfode |
2nd-person singular | hwearfast | hwearfodest |
3rd-person singular | hwearfaþ | hwearfode |
plural | hwearfiaþ hwearfiġaþ |
hwearfodon |
subjunctive | present | past |
singular | hwearfie hwearfiġe |
hwearfode |
plural | hwearfien hwearfiġen |
hwearfoden |
imperative | ||
singular | hwearfa | |
plural | hwearfiaþ hwearfiġaþ | |
participle | present | past |
hwearfiende hwearfiġende |
(ġe)hwearfod |
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