hwyrft
- noun [ masculine ]
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Ða ðe ofercumaþ allum hwyrfte
quæ superveniunt universo orbi,
- Lk. Skt. Rush. 21, 26.
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Hwá ne wundraþ ðætte sume tunglu habbaþ scyrtran hwyrft ðonne sume habban
who does not wonder that some stars have a less orbit than others?
- Bt. 39, 3 ;
- Fox 214, 18.
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Heofonsteorran bebúgaþ brádne hwyrft
the stars of heaven encompass a spacious circle [the earth ],
- Cd. 190 ;
- Th. 236, 16 ;
- Dan. 322.
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Geþancmeta on hwilce healfe ðú wille hwyrft dón cyrran mid ceápe
consider on which side thou wilt bend thy course, turn with thy cattle,
- 91 ;
- Th. 115, 12 ;
- Gen. 1918 .
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Gif ic on helle gedó hwyrft ǽnigne
si descendero in infernum,
- Ps. Th. 138, 6.
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Helle hlínduru nágon hwyrft ne útsíþ ǽfre
never is there return or passage out through the grated doors of hell,
- Exon. 97 b ;
- Th. 364, 30 ;
- Wal. 78 .
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Náhton máran hwyrft
they could go no further,
- Cd. 154 ;
- Th. 191, 6 ;
- Exod. 210 .
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Náh ic hwyrft weges [Grein reads hwyrftweges]
I cannot return,
- Exon. 101 b ;
- Th. 383, 6 ;
- Rä. 4, 6.
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Sóna æfter ðǽm wordum helle hæftas hwyrftum scríðaþ þúsendmǽlum
straightway after those words shall the captives of hell by thousands bend thither their steps,
- Cd. 227 ;
- Th. 304, 17 ;
- Sat. 631 :
- Beo. Th. 329 ;
- B. 163 .
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Ðá wæs ágangen geára hwyrftum
then had passed in course of years,
- Elen. Kmbl. 2 ;
- El. 1.
Bosworth, Joseph. “hwyrft.” 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/20232.
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