Hwearf

Diccionario Anglo-Sajón de Inglés Antiguo de Bosworth & Toller - hwearf

Según el Diccionario de Inglés Antiguo:

hwearf
adj. Turning about, shifting, veering, changeable :-- Norþan wind heaþogrim and hwearf a wind from the north deadly fierce and whirling in eddies, Beo. Th. 1100; B. 548. Thorpe, Kemble, Heyne read andhwearf = came against [us]; Grein takes and hwearf, and compares Icel. hverfr shifty. The word may describe a strong wind often shifting its direction and whirling round with violent gusts. Cf. ge-hweorf; hwerf-líc. hwearf
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