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hwearfung

  • noun [ feminine ]
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hwearfung, e; f.
A turning, revolution, change, exchange, barter
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  • Ðé wæs ðeós hwearfung betere forðam ðe ðissa woruldsǽlþa tó wel ne lyste

    this change was more tolerable to thee, because thou didst not take too much pleasure in temporal blessings,

    • Bt. 7, 3
    • ;
    • Fox 22, 23
    • .
  • On midre ðisse hwearfunga,

    • Fox 22, 19.
  • Ðæt tácnaþ ceápunge and hwearfunge

    that betokens chaffer and barter,

    • Lchdm. iii. 156, 6
    • .
  • Ne miht ðú ðara woruldsǽlþa hwearfunga onwendan

    nor canst thou avert the revolutions of worldly happiness,

    • Bt. 7, 2
    • ;
    • Fox 18, 37
    • .
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