hwearfian

Old English

Alternative forms

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.

Conjugation
Conjugation of hwearfian (weak class 2)
infinitive hwearfian tō hwearfienne
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

References
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