ageán-hwyrfan
To turn again ⬩ to return ⬩ redire
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To turn again, to return; redire, Mk. Jun. 6, 31
from-gebúga
To turn from
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To turn from: — Fromgebég declinavit, Jn. Skt. Lind. 5, 15
tyrn-geat
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A turn-stile Tó tyrngeate, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 405, 4
aweg-onwendan
to turn or move away ⬩ amovere
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to turn or move away; amovere, Ps. Spl. C. 65, 19
a-hweorfan
To turn away ⬩ convert ⬩ avertere ⬩ convertere ⬩ To turn away ⬩ turn ⬩ move ⬩ averti ⬩ convert!
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To turn away, convert; avertere, convertere Ne lǽt ðé ahweorfan hǽðenra þrym let not the power of the heathen turn thee away, Andr. Kmbl. 1913; An. 959. Ðæt he of Sione ahweorfe hæft-néd that he would turn away captivity from Sion, Ps. Th. 125, 1.
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cyrr
A turn, space of time, an occasion, affair ⬩ versio, vices, temporis spatium, negotium
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A turn, space of time, an occasion, affair; versio, vices, temporis spatium, negotium Æt ðam feórþan cyrre [sǽle, q. v.] at the fourth turn or time, Herb. 100, 3; Lchdm. i. 214, 5, 6, 7, 8: Gen. 38, 18.
stefning
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a turn, used of service where one set of persons replaces another. (In E.
a-hwyrfan
To turn away ⬩ avertere
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To turn away; avertere Ðæt ic ðé meahte ahwyrfan from hálor that I might turn thee from salvation, Exon. 71a; Th. 264, 6; Jul. 360. Ne ahwyrf ne avertas, Ps. Th. 89, 3. Ahwyrfde, subj. perf. would cast, Exon. 39a; Th. 129, 33; Gú. 430
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be-wendan
To turn, turn round or about, convert ⬩ vertere, convertere
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To turn, turn round or about, convert; vertere, convertere Bewend to ðære menigu conversus ad turbam, Mk. Bos. 5, 30. Se Hǽlend bewende hyne the Saviour turned himself about, Mt. Bos. 9, 22: Mk. Bos. 8, 33.
ymb-cirran
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Rush. 20, 14. to turn away, avert Onsión mín ne ymbcerdig ( averti ) from gispittendum on mec, Rtl. 19, 15. to turn over, move, stir, overturn Hé ða discas ymbcerde mensas subvertit, Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 2, 15.
ge-cerran
To turn ⬩ return
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To turn, return Ic gecyrre on mín hús revertar to domum meam, Mt. Bos. 12, 44. Gecerreþ ðæt folc commovet populum, Lk. Skt. Lind. 23, 5. Gecerre hine let him turn, Bt. 35, 1; Fox 156, 10. From wind gecerred a vento motus, Lk. Skt. Lind. 7, 24
geán-hweorfan
To turn again ⬩ return ⬩ rĕdīre
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To turn again, return; rĕdīre, Hpt. Gl. 409; Leo A. Sax. Gl. 229, 21
sweard
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Sward ( = rind of bacon; cf. too green-sward the turf-covering of the earth), skin, hide Sweard cutis, fel pellis, Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 32-3. Sweard cutis, rib costa, heorte cor, ii. 16, 54-6. Swearth cater, 103, 22. Suge sweard vistula, 124, 1.
wærlan
To wend, turn
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To wend, turn Ðona foerde ł mið ðý wærlde praeteriens, Jn. Skt. Lind. 9, 1
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be-wendan
round
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S. 37, 180. to turn the face to or from an object, reflexive þ á bewende Nero hine tó Paulum, Hml. Th. i. 378, 8. intrans.
earfoþ-cirre
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Hard to turn, difficult to convert Hé wæs swíðe earfaðcierre tó Godes geleáfan, Shrn. 100, 17
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hnot
Bald, ⬩ shaven, ⬩ close-cut
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On ða hnottan díc of ðære hnottan díc the dike without turf(?), iii. 211, 24
býgan
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To bow, bend, turn, turn back, bow down, humble, abase; flectere, inflectere, incurvare, retorquere, deflectere, humiliare Býgdest ðú ðé fór hæleðum thou bowedst thyself before men, Exon. 100a; Th. 376, 11; Seel. 153.
bígan
To bow, bend, bend down, turn, turn back ⬩ flectere, deflectere, incurvare, retorquere
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To bow, bend, bend down, turn, turn back; flectere, deflectere, incurvare, retorquere His cneów bígde on eorþan genua flexit in terram, Bd. 5, 21; S. 643,15: 3, 2; S. 524, 14: Mt.
on-swífan
to swing, turn ⬩ to turn aside, divert
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to swing, turn Bordrand onswáf wið ðam gryregieste Geáta dryhten Beowulf turned his shield against the approaching fire-drake, Beo.