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be-hwerfan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Substitute: be-hwirfan; p. de.
to turn
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  • Ðonécan þe heó útan behwerfed sié,

      Bt. 25; F. 88, 35: Met. 13, 77.
to surround, encompass
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  • Ic wolde mid sumre bisne þé behwerfan útan

    ego tibi corollarium dabo,

      Bt. 34, 4; F. 138, 27.
to turn to, convert into,
change
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  • Hí hæfdon behwyrfed heora gestreón on gym-stánum . . . Hit wæs gewunelic . . . þaelig;t hí behwyrfdon heora áre on gymstánum,

      Hml. Th. i. 60, 22-28.

  • Þú bist behwyrfed ł miswend

    peruerteris,

      Ps. L. 17, 27.

  • Þæt teóðe werod tó áwyrgedum gástum behwyrfede wurdon,

      Hml. Th. i. 540, 3.
to exchange, change for
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  • Hé ealle his ǽhta behwyrfde wið ánum gyldenum wecge,

      Hml. Th. i. 394, 12.

  • Úre unclǽnan weorc wé sceolon behwyrfan mid clænum,

      138, 29.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “be-hwerfan.” 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/39850.

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