Be-hwerfan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-hwerfan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 be-hwerfan

p. de; pp. ed [be, hwerfan to turn] To turn, prepare, instruct; vertere, instruere :-- Ðonne hió ǽrest síe útan behwerfed when it is first turned round about, Bt. Met. Fox 13, 154; Met. 13, 77. Ic wolde mid sumre bísne ðé behwerfan útan I would instruct thee further [útan from without] by some example, Bt. 34, 4; Fox 138, 27. be-hwerfan

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᚻᚹᛖᚱᚠᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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