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hwearf

  • adjective
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hwearf, adj.
Turning about, shifting, veering, changeable
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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.

The word may describe a strong wind often shifting its direction and whirling round with violent gusts. Cf. ge-hweorf; hwerf-líc.
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  • hwearf, adj.