Hwilfan

Nach dem Altenglischen Wörterbuch:

hwilfan

p. te To arch, vault, make hwealf (q. v.) :-- Ðonne þū hlid habban wylle, bonne hafa þū þīne wynstran hand sāmlocene, and eác swā þā swȳþran, and hwylf hȳ ofer þā wynstran eal swylce þū cuppan hlīde, Tech. ii. 125, 7. [Icel. hvelfa to arch, vault: O. Sax. be-hwel-fcian.]

Verwandte Wörter: ā-, be-, of-hwilfan. hwilfan