Hwearf

Nach dem Altenglischen Wörterbuch:

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hwearf

m. A crowd, troop, band of people :-- Hwearfum þringan to press in crowds, Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 8; Jud. 249: Exon. 36 a; Th. 118, 3; Gú. 234. [O. Sax. hwarf a crowd. Cf. hweorfan; and gang a number of people (in its connection with the verb gangan).] hwearf