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for-hwyrfan

  • verb [ weak ]
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for-hwyrfan, -hwerfan; part. -hwyrfende; p. -hwyrfde; pp. -hwyrfed, -hwyrfd.
to change for or from, transform, transfer, remove; avertĕre, transformāre
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  • He forhwyrfþ eów of ðam lande

    he will remove you from the land,

    • Deut. 28, 63.
  • Sí se man awirged, ðe forhwyrfe his freóndes landgemǽro

    maledictus hómo, qui transfert termĭnos proxĭmi sui,

    • Deut. 27, 17.
to turn aside, pervert, deprave; subvertĕre, pervertĕre, deprāvāre
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  • Ðisne we gemétton forhwyrfende úre þeóde

    huuc invēnĭmus subvertentem gentem nostram,

    • Lk. Bos. 23, 2.
  • Swylce he ðis folc forhwyrfde

    as if he perverted this people,

    • 23, 14.
  • Ðá forhwyrfed wæs

    when it was perverted,

    • Exon. 8 a
    • ;
    • Th. 3, 11
    • ;
    • Cri. 34.
  • Mid forhwyrfedum forhwyrfed ðu bist

    cum perverso pervertēris.

    • Ps. Spl. T. 17, 28.
  • Hwyrf ðé wið ða forhwyrfdan

    cum perverso pervertēris,

    • Ps. Th. 17, 25.
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v.  for-hwerfan.
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