hwearf
- adjective
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Norþan wind heaþogrim and hwearf
a wind from the north deadly fierce and whirling in eddies,
- Beo. Th. 1100 ;
- B. 548 .
Thorpe, Kemble, Heyne read and hwearf = came against [us];
Grein takes and hwearf, and compares Icel. hverfr shifty.
Bosworth, Joseph. “hwearf.” 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/20100.
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