worbe

Alemannic German

Etymology

Ablauted form of Middle High German wërben, from Old High German hwerban (“to turn”), from Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną (“to turn”). Compare Dutch werven (“to recruit”), English wharve (“to turn”), Icelandic hverfa (“to turn”), Faroese hvørva (“to disappear”), German werben (“to recruit, advertise”).

Verb

worbe

(Uri) to turn hay

References

Abegg, Emil (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 20.

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