Hwirfan

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hwirfan

Take here hwerfan in Dict. , and add: I. of motion, (l) to move about :-- Ic hider and þider mē (reflex, dat.) hwyrfde (hwerfde, ), Bd. 5, 6 ; Sch. 576, 5. Hwerfende errabilis, vertibilis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 17. Hwerbende errabiles, 107, 33. Hwyrfende, 29, 47, (2) to go to or from, to return :-- Hié eft hwyrfende wǣron tō heora hūsum, Bl. H. 207, 30. (3) to revolve :-- Þǣre eaxe de eall þes rodor on hwerfþ, Bt. 39, 3, ; F. 214, 21. ꝥ hweól hwertþ ymbūton, 39, 7 ; F. 220, 29. (3 a) reflex. :-- Be þīnre hēse heó hweorfd seó heofene, and ealla tungla heora rina gehealdad tuis legibus rotantur poli, cursus suos sidera peragunt, Solil. H. 9, 13. II. of action, conduct, to proceed, go on :-- Hwȳ þū ǣfre woldest ꝥ seó wyrd swā hwyrfan sceolde ? (cur tantas lubrica versat fortuna videa?). Heó þreáþ þā unscildigan, and nāuht ne þreáþ þām scildegum, Bt. 4; F. 8, 12. III. of the operations of the mind :-- Mē þincþ ꝥ þū hwerfest ymbūton sume wunderlice sprǣce, Bt. 35, 5 ; F. 164, 17. Nū wē sculon eft hwierfan neár Rōma þǣr wē hit ǣr forlēton Romae ut ad id tempus redeam unde digressus sum, Ors. 2, 5; S. 86, 13. IV. trans. To turn, give direction to :-- Arewan ongeán hwyrfde catapultas retorsit, An. Ox, 4241. Hié heora wǣpen hwyrfdon wiþ Bryttas, Bd. I. 15 ; Sch. 40, 8. v. tō-hwirfan; ongeán-hwirfende ; mis-, nīw-hwirfed. hwirfan

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