Geond-hweorfan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Geond-hweorfan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 geond-hweorfan

p. -hwearf; pp. -hworfen To turn or pass through, go about, traverse; pertransire, peragrare, perlustrare :-- Ðonne maga gemynd mód geondhweorfeþ when remembrance of friends passes through his mind, Exon. 77 a; Th. 289, 21; Wand. 51. Hwílum cwén flet eall geondhwearf at times the queen went about all the hall, Beo. Th. 4039; B. 2017. Ðonan ic ealne geondhwearf éðel Gotena thence I traversed all the country of the Goths, Exon. 86 b; Th. 325, 9; Wíd. 109. Land eal geondhwearf he travelled over all the land, Salm. Kmbl. 372; Sal. 185. DER. hweorfan. geond-hweorfan

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛇᚾᛞ-ᚻᚹᛇᚱᚠᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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