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hwearf

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
hwearf, es; m.
A crowd, troop, band of people
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  • Hwearfum þringan

    to press in crowds,

    • Judth. 12
    • ;
    • Thw. 25, 8
    • ;
    • Jud. 249
    • :
    • Exon. 36 a
    • ;
    • Th. 118, 3
    • ;
    • Gú. 234.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. hwarf a crowd.
Cf. hweorfan; and gang a number of people (in its connection with the verb gangan).]
Linked entries
v.  ge-hweorf wearf hweorf hwerf hwerf-líc.
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  • hwearf, n.