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hwearf

  • noun [ masculine ]
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hwearf, es; m.
A wharf, bank, shore
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  • Ðá gyrnde ðæt hé móste macian foran gén Mildryþe æker ǽnne hwerf wið ðon wódan tó werianne

    then he desired that he might make a bank opposite Mildred's fold for protection against floods

    [?], Chart. Th. 341, 7.
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v. mere-hwearf.
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  • hwearf, n.