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hwyrft

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
hwyrft, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§387;
A turn, revolution, going, course, orbit, circuit, orb, circle
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  • Ða ðe ofercumaþ allum hwyrfte

    quæ superveniunt universo orbi,

    • Lk. Skt. Rush. 21, 26.

  • Hwá ne wundraþ ðætte sume tunglu habbaþ scyrtran hwyrft ðonne sume habban

    who does not wonder that some stars have a less orbit than others?

    • Bt. 39, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 214, 18.

  • Heofonsteorran bebúgaþ brádne hwyrft

    the stars of heaven encompass a spacious circle [the earth ],

    • Cd. 190
      • ;
    • Th. 236, 16
      • ;
    • Dan. 322.

  • Geþancmeta on hwilce healfe ðú wille hwyrft dón cyrran mid ceápe

    consider on which side thou wilt bend thy course, turn with thy cattle,

    • 91
      • ;
    • Th. 115, 12
      • ;
    • Gen. 1918
      • .

  • Gif ic on helle gedó hwyrft ǽnigne

    si descendero in infernum,

    • Ps. Th. 138, 6.

  • Helle hlínduru nágon hwyrft ne útsíþ ǽfre

    never is there return or passage out through the grated doors of hell,

    • Exon. 97 b
      • ;
    • Th. 364, 30
      • ;
    • Wal. 78
      • .

  • Náhton máran hwyrft

    they could go no further,

    • Cd. 154
      • ;
    • Th. 191, 6
      • ;
    • Exod. 210
      • .

  • Náh ic hwyrft weges [Grein reads hwyrftweges]

    I cannot return,

    • Exon. 101 b
      • ;
    • Th. 383, 6
      • ;
    • Rä. 4, 6.

  • Sóna æfter ðǽm wordum helle hæftas hwyrftum scríðaþ þúsendmǽlum

    straightway after those words shall the captives of hell by thousands bend thither their steps,

    • Cd. 227
      • ;
    • Th. 304, 17
      • ;
    • Sat. 631
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 329
      • ;
    • B. 163
      • .

  • Ðá wæs ágangen geára hwyrftum

    then had passed in course of years,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 2
      • ;
    • El. 1.
Derived forms
ed-, ymb-hwyrft
Similar entries
v. hwearft.
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v.  hwearft.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hwyrft.” 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/20232.

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