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hwilfan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
hwilfan, p. te
To arch, vault, make hwealf (q. v. )
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  • Ðonne þú hlid habban wylle, bonne hafa þú þíne wynstran hand sámlocene, and eác swá þá swýþran, and hwylf hý ofer þá wynstran eal swylce þú cuppan hlíde,

      Tech. ii. 125, 7.
Etymology
[Icel. hvelfa to arch, vault: O. Sax. be-hwel-fcian.]
Similar entries
v. á-hwilfan, be-hwilfan, of-hwilfan.
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