From-hweorfan

Old English Dictionary Entry

From-hweorfan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 from-hweorfan

p. -hwearf, pl. -hwurfon; pp. -hworfen To turn from, go or depart from; exīre, discēdĕre :-- Freá hét hie fromhweorfan neorxna wange the Lord bade them depart from paradise, Cd. 45; Th. 58, 9; Gen. 943: 50; Th. 64, 9; Gen. 1047. Ðonne heó hwám fromhweorfende beóþ when they are departing from any one, Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 16. Nǽfre ic fromhweorfe I will never depart from [you], Exon. 14 b; Th. 30, 8; Cri. 476. from-hweorfan

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚱᚩᛗ-ᚻᚹᛇᚱᚠᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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