For-hwyrfan

Old English Dictionary Entry

For-hwyrfan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -hwerfan; Related words:

Definitions

1 for-hwyrfan

part. -hwyrfende; p. -hwyrfde; pp. -hwyrfed, -hwyrfd. I. to change for or from, transform, transfer, remove; avertĕre, transformāre :-- He forhwyrfþ eów of ðam lande he will remove you from the land, Deut. 28, 63. Sí se man awirged, ðe forhwyrfe his freóndes landgemǽro maledictus hómo, qui transfert termĭnos proxĭmi sui, Deut. 27, 17. II. to turn aside, pervert, deprave; subvertĕre, pervertĕre, deprāvāre :-- Ðisne we gemétton forhwyrfende úre þeóde huuc invēnĭmus subvertentem gentem nostram, Lk. Bos. 23, 2. Swylce he ðis folc forhwyrfde as if he perverted this people, 23, 14. Ðá forhwyrfed wæs when it was perverted, Exon. 8 a; Th. 3, 11; Cri. 34. Mid forhwyrfedum forhwyrfed ðu bist cum perverso pervertēris. Ps. Spl. T. 17, 28. Hwyrf ðé wið ða forhwyrfdan cum perverso pervertēris, Ps. Th. 17, 25. for-hwyrfan

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᚱ-ᚻᚹᚣᚱᚠᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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