hwearfian
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hwarbōną (“to wander around”).
Pronunciation
Verb
hwearfian
- to turn on something (such as fate or a hinge), to revolve, to roll about
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project
- Ǽlc gesceaft hwearfaþ on hire selfre swá swá hweól and tó ðam heó swá hwearfaþ ðæt heó eft cume ðǽr heó ǽr wæs
- Every creature turns on itself as a wheel, and it so turns to the end that it may come again where it was before:
- (Bt. 25; Fox 88, 32: Bt. Met. Fox 13, 150; Met. 13, 75.)
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project
- to wander, to move
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project
- Fóran hwearfigende geond ðæt wésten.
- They went wandering through the desert.
- (Ors. 6, 31; Swt. 286, 19.)
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project
- Hé biþ fremede freán ælmihtigum englum ungelíc ána hwearfaþ.
- He shall be a stranger to the almighty Lord, unlike angels, alone shall he wander.
- (Salm. Kmbl. 70; Sal. 35.)
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project
- to change
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project
- Ðú wást hú ða woruldsǽlþa hwearfiaþ ... hwí ne hwearfost ðú mid him
- Thou knowest how worldly blessings change ... why dost thou not change with them?
- (Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 6.)
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project
- to wave
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project
- Fana hwearfode on sceafte
- The banner waved on its staff,
- (Bt. Met. Fox 1, 20; Met. 1, 10.)
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project
Conjugation
Conjugation of hwearfian (weak class 2)
| infinitive | hwearfian | hwearfienne |
|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
| first person singular | hwearfiġe | hwearfode |
| second person singular | hwearfast | hwearfodest |
| third person singular | hwearfaþ | hwearfode |
| plural | hwearfiaþ | hwearfodon |
| subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
| singular | hwearfiġe | hwearfode |
| plural | hwearfiġen | hwearfoden |
| imperative | ||
| singular | hwearfa | |
| plural | hwearfiaþ | |
| participle | present | past |
| hwearfiende | (ġe)hwearfod | |
Related terms
References
- John R. Clark Hall (1916) “hwearfian”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
- Old English to Modern English Translator