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on-hwirfan

  • verb [ weak ]
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on-hwirfan, p. de.
to turn (of actual motion),
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  • Ic mé wille nú onhwyrfan tó ðisse bǽre,

      Blickl. Homl. 151, 14.
intrans.
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  • Swá swá hweól onhwerfþ,

      Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132, 13.
to invert, transpose
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  • Agof (boga) is mín noma eft onhwyrfed,

      Exon. Th. 405, 13; Rä. 24, 1.
to change, turn
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  • Mé onhwyrfdon ða mé grome wurdon of ðære gecynde ðe ic ǽr cwic beheóld,

      485, 24; Rä. 72, 2.
  • Ðú geómrast forðam ðe seó woruldsǽlþ onhwyrfed is,

      Bt. 7, 1: Fox 16, 9. v. preceding word.
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Word-wheel

  • on-hwirfan, v.