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hwearft

  • noun [ masculine ]
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hwearft, es; m.
A circuit, circle, revolution
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  • Hwæt bíðaþ gé on hwearfte

    why do ye stand round waiting?

    • Exon. 15 a
    • ;
    • Th. 32, 12
    • ;
    • Cri. 511
    • .
  • Under heofones hwearfte

    under heaven's circuit,

    • 110 b
    • ;
    • Th. 424, 3
    • ;
    • Rä. 41, 33
    • .
  • Brádne hwearft

    the broad expanse [of the sky ],

    • 53 b
    • ;
    • Th. 187, 29
    • ;
    • Az. 38.
  • Ymb wintra hwearft

    after years have rolled on,

    • Th. 188, 5
    • ;
    • Az. 41
    • .
Similar entries
v. ymb-hwearft, hwyrft.
Linked entries
v.  hwyrft.
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  • hwearft, n.