hweorfan
- verb [ strong ]
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Nǽfre ic from hweorfe ac ic mid wunige áwa tó ealdre
I will never go from you, but I will dwell with you for ever,
- Exon. 14 b ;
- Th. 30, 8 ;
- Cri. 476.
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Ðú hweorfest of hénþum in gehyld godes
thou shalt pass from humiliations into the favour of God,
- Andr. Kmbl. 233 ;
- An. 117 .
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Mín folc hider hweorfeþ
revertetur huc populus meus,
- Ps. Th. 72, 8 :
- Exon. 76 a ;
- Th. 284, 27 ;
- Jul. 703 .
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Siððan heó ofer brim hweorfeþ
after it [the sun] goes beyond the ocean,
- 93 b ;
- Th. 351, 17 ;
- Sch. 81 :
- 110 a ;
- Th. 422, 13 ;
- Rä. 41, 5 .
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Gé tó mé on hyge hweorfaþ
ye turn to me in thought,
- 98 a ;
- Th. 366, 2 ;
- Reb. 6 .
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On hinderling hweorfaþ míne feóndas
convertentur inimici mei retrorsum,
- Ps. Th. 55, 8 :
- 69, 3 .
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On heora ágen dust æfter hweorfaþ
in pulverem suum revertentur,
- 103, 27.
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Hí tówrecene wíde hweorfaþ
ipsi dispergentur,
- 58, 15.
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Hweorfaþ æfter heorþe
they walk along the floor of the furnace,
- Exon. 55 b ;
- Th. 196, 18 ;
- Az. 176 .
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Swá hweorfaþ gleómen
so gleemen roam about,
- 87 a ;
- Th. 326, 28 ;
- Víd. 135 .
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Ðá seó scyld ðá tó his heortan hwearf
ad cor suum rediit,
- Bd. 4, 25 ;
- S. 599, 35 .
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Ierre hé hwearf ðonan tó his ágnum,
- Chr. 584 ;
- Erl. 18, 25 .
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Hé ána hwearf mondreámum from
he went alone from human joys [i.e. died ],
- Beo. Th. 3433 ;
- B. 1714 .
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Hwearf geond ðæt healreced Hæreðes dóhtor,
- 3965 ;
- B. 1981 .
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Hé hwearf æfter wegum
he went along the roads,
- Blickl. Homl. 199, 13 :
- Beo. Th. 5657 ;
- B. 2832 .
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Hwearf ðǽr Hróðgár sæt,
- 717 ;
- B. 356 .
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Fæder ellor hwearf,
- 110 ;
- B. 55 :
- Judth. 10 ;
- Thw. 23, 9 ;
- Jud. 112 .
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Hwærf him dá tó heofenum hálig drihten
the holy Lord returned to heaven,
- Cd. 13 ;
- Th. 16, 7 ;
- Gen. 240 .
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Hwearf eft tó his ágnum biscopdóme,
- Chr. 813 ;
- Erl. 60, 22 .
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Hé hwearf be wealle
he went along the wall,
- Beo. Th. 3150 ;
- B. 1573 :
- 2380 ;
- B. 1188 .
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Hengest hwearf him on láste
Hengest went after them,
- Fins. Th. 35 ;
- Fin. 17 .
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Gástas hwurfon sóhton engla éþel
spirits went and sought the angels' country,
- Andr. Kmbl. 1280 ;
- An. 640 .
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Hyssas hále hwurfon in ðam hátan ofne
the men walked unharmed in that hot furnace,
- Cd. 188 ;
- Th. 233, 5 ;
- Dan. 271 .
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Bláce hworfon sceaþan hwearfdon,
- 214 ;
- Th. 269, 11 ;
- Sat. 71 .
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Ǽr hí on tú hweorfon
before they separated,
- Andr. Kmbl. 2102 ;
- An. 1052 .
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Hweorfon ða hǽðenan hæftas fram ðám hálgan cnihton
the heathen slaves went from the holy youths,
- Cd. 187 ;
- Th. 232, 28 ;
- Dan. 267 .
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Hweorfaþ eft tó mé
return to me,
- Blickl. Homl. 235, 16 .
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Him his gebed hweorfe tó fyrenun
oratio ejus fiat in peccatum,
- Ps. 108, 6 .
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Ðý læs hé for wlence of gemete hweorfe and forhycge heánspédigran
lest from pride he depart from moderation and despise the more scantily endowed,
- Exon. 78 b ;
- Th. 294, 35 ;
- Crä. 25 .
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Ǽr hé on weg hwurfe gamol of geardum,
- Beo. Th. 534 ;
- B. 264 .
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Hogedon georne ðæt ǽ godes ealle gelǽste and ne áwácodon wereda drihtne ne ðan má gen [(?) þan mægen, Th: heánmægen, Grem: mægenhwyrfe, Btwk.] hwyrfe in hǽðendóm
they strove earnestly to perform all God's law, and not to be apostate from the Lord of hosts any more than to turn to heathendom,
- Cd. 183 ;
- Th. 229, 22 ;
- Dan. 221 .
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Hwonne se dæg cume ðæt hé sceolde ðæs ealles ídel hweorfan
when the day comes that he must depart having nothing of it at all,
- Blickl. Homl. 97, 26 .
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Ðæt ic meahte hweorfan ymbe ðinne ðone hálgan alter
circumdabo altare tuum,
- Ps. Th. 25, 6 :
- Cd. 32 ;
- Th. 42, 5 ;
- Gen. 669.
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Ðam þegne ongan his hige hweorfan
the man's mind began to change,
- 33 ;
- Th. 44, 8 ;
- Gen. 706 .
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Hweorfan fram helltrafum tó fægeran gefeán,
- Andr. Kmbl. 3378 ;
- An. 1693 .
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Hé lǽteþ hworfan monnes módgeþonc
he lets the mind of man roam,
- Beo. Th. 3461 ;
- B. 1728 .
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Hweorfan,
- Exon. 77 b ;
- Th. 290, 29 ;
- Wand. 72 .
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Hámleás hweorfan
to wander homeless,
- 110 a ;
- Th. 420, 25 ;
- Rä. 40, 9 .
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Ic seah searo hweorfan giellende faran,
- 108 b ;
- Th. 414, 29 ;
- Rä. 33, 3 :
- Cd. 219 ;
- Th. 281, 11 ;
- Sat. 270 :
- 215 ;
- Th. 272, 16 ;
- Sat. 120 .
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On wræc hweorfan,
- 43 ;
- Th. 57, 15 ;
- Gen. 928 :
- 48 ;
- Th. 62, 15 ;
- Gen. 1014 .
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Of gesyhþe ðínre hweorfan
to go from thy presence,
- 50 ;
- Th. 63, 21 ;
- Gen. 1035 .
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Ðæt hé in ðone grimman gryre gongan sceolde hweorfan gehýned.
- Exon. 41 a ;
- Th. 136, 20 ;
- Gú. 544 .
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Com on sefan hwurfan swefnes wóma,
- Cd. 177 ;
- Th. 222, 25 ;
- Dan. 110 .
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Hie wǽron eft hám hweorfende
they were returning home,
- Blickl. Homl. 67, 10 .
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Ðá wæs Maria eft hweorfende tó hire húse,
- 139, 3 .
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Hie ymb ðæt fuhton on hweorfendum sigum
Samniticum bellum ancipiti statu gestum,
- Ors. 3, 5 ;
- Swt. 106, 3 .
- In the following passage the verb is transitive
Fulwiaþ folc hweorfaþ tó heofonum
baptize people and turn them to heaven,
- Exon. 14 b ;
- Th. 30, 25 ;
- Cri. 485 .
Bosworth, Joseph. “hweorfan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/20126.
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