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ge-hweorfan

  • verb
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Grammar
ge-hweorfan, p. -hwearf, pl. -hwurfon; pp. -hworfen.
act.
To turn; convertere
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  • Manige sindon ðe ðú gehweorfest to heofonleóhte

    there are many whom thou shalt turn to the light of heaven,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1947
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    • An. 976
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  • Gehweorf úre hæftnéd

    converte captivitatem nostram,

    • Ps. Th. 125, 4
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  • Gehweorf us, mægena God

    Domine Deus virtutum, converte nos,

    • 79, 4
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  • Gehweorf nú ðíne ansýne

    turn now thine eye,

    • 79, 14
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intrans.
To turn, go away, depart, die, pass as property, fall as a lot; verti, abire, redire, excidere
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  • Ymb ofn útan alet gehwearf

    the fire turned round about the oven,

    • Cd. 186; Th. 232, 3
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    • Dan. 254
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  • Mán eft gehwearf ðǽr

    their sin turned again thither,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1388
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    • An. 694
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    • Lk. Bos. 8, 55 : 17, 7 : 24, 52
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  • Siððan to reste gehwearf

    after he had gone to rest,

    • Cd. 177; Th. 222, 23
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    • Dan. 109
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  • Ǽr ic of ðysum lífe gehweorfe

    ere I depart from this life,

    • Hy. 3, 53
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    • Hy. Grn. ii. 284, 53
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  • Hit on ǽht gehwearf Denigea freán

    it passed into the possession of the Danes' lord,

    • Beo. Th. 3363
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    • B. 1679 : 2424
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    • B. 1210 : 4422
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    • B. 2208
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  • Ðá se tán gehwearf ofer ǽnne ealdgesíþa

    then the lot fell on one of the old comrades,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2208
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    • An. 1105
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v. hweorfan.
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v.  ge-hwearf.
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