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geond-hweorfan

  • verb [ strong ]
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geond-hweorfan, p. -hwearf; pp. -hworfen
To turn or pass through, go about, traverse; pertransire, peragrare, perlustrare
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  • Ðonne maga gemynd mód geondhweorfeþ

    when remembrance of friends passes through his mind,

      Exon. 77 a; Th. 289, 21; Wand. 51.
  • Hwílum cwén flet eall geondhwearf

    at times the queen went about all the hall,

      Beo. Th. 4039; B. 2017.
  • Ðonan ic ealne geondhwearf éðel Gotena

    thence I traversed all the country of the Goths,

      Exon. 86 b; Th. 325, 9; Wíd. 109.
  • Land eal geondhwearf

    he travelled over all the land,

      Salm. Kmbl. 372; Sal. 185.
Derived forms
DER. hweorfan.
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