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on-hweorfan

  • verb [ strong ]
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on-hweorfan, p. -hwearf.
trans.
To change, reverse
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  • Metod onhweorfeþ heortan ðíne (

    of Nebuchadnezzar's transformation

    ),
      Cd. Th. 251, 27; Dan. 570.
  • Hé cwide (

    the curse pronounced against Adam

    ) eft onhwearf,
      Exon. Th. 39, 7; Cri. 618.
  • Eft is ðæt onhworfen, is nú swá hit nó wǽre freóndscipe uncer,

      443, 2; Kl. 23.
  • Hwý is ðis gold ádeorcad and ðæt æðeleste hiew hwý wearþ hit onhworfen

    quomodo obscuratum est aurum, mutatus est color optimus,

      Past. 18, 3; Swt. 133, 11.
intrans.
To change, turn, revert
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  • Manegum cyninge onhwearf se anweald and se wela óþ ðæt hé eft wearþ wædla

    qui reges felicitatem calamitate mutaverint,

      Bt. 29, 1; Fox 102, 13.
  • Hé (

    Nebuchadnezzar

    ) eft onhwearf wódan gewittes,
      Cd. Th. 255, 21; Dan. 627. v. next word.
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