hwearfian

Alternative forms

• hƿearfian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwarbōną (“to wander around”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhwæɑ̯rviɑn/

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 hƿearfaþ on hire selfre sƿá sƿá hƿeól, and tó ðam heó sƿá hƿearfaþ ðæt heó eft cume ðær heó ær ƿæs.

2. 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.

3. 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?

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

     Fana hƿearfode on sceafte.