Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

turnian

  • verb [ weak ]
Dictionary links
Grammar
turnian, p. ode.
to turn (intrans.),
revolve round an axis or centre
Show examples
  • Ða árleásan turniaþ on ymbhwyrfte,

      Homl. Th. i. 514, 23.
  • Seó firmamentum tyrnþ symle onbútan ús . . . and ealle ða steorran, ðe hyre on fæste synd, turniaþ onbútan mid hyre,

      Lchdm. iii. 254, 16.
  • Hwylces gecyndes is seó heofon? Symle turniende (

    volubilis). Gif heó turniende (volubile )

    is, húmeta ne fealð heó?, Anglia vii.
      12, 108-110.
  • Tyrnincg turniendre liðeran

    vertigo rotantis (volventis) fundibuli,

      Hpt. Gl. 422, 66.
of giddiness,
to turn
Show examples
  • Ad tornionem capitis. Þis ys se lácecræft be þan manne þat hym þing[þ] ꝥ hyt turnge ábótan hys heáfod,

      Lchdm. iii. 90, 8.
    ]
Similar entries
v. tyrnan.
Full form

Word-wheel

  • turnian, v.