wharve

English

Etymology

From Middle English wharven (“to turn”), from Old English hweorfan (“to turn”), from Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną (“to turn”). Cognate with Dutch werven (“to recruit”), Icelandic hverfa (“to turn”), Faroese hvørva (“to disappear”), German werben (“to recruit, advertise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɔɹv/
• IPA^(key): /wɔːv/
• IPA^(key): /ʍɔɹv/

Verb

wharve (third-person singular simple present wharves, present participle wharving, simple past wharved or whorf, past participle wharved or whorven)

1. (Scotland, Northern England) to turn, turn over (especially of mown grass).
   • “Junda” Klingrahool (1898)ː

     It wharves the wair and stirs the sand.

References

• The Dictionary of the Scots Language