Old English Dictionary Entry

Hwerf-líc

Related words: hwearf

Definitions

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1 hwerf-líc

adj. Changeable, shifting, not enduring :-- Hú hwerflíce ðás woruldsǽlþa sint quam sit mortalium rerum misera beatitudo, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 32, 37. [O. H. Ger. hwarb-, hwerb-líh versatilis, volubilis: cf. Icel. hwerfull shifty, changeable] adj. hwerf-lic

Similar Words

-hád
-háda
-hafen-ness
-hafness
-hafol

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚹᛖᚱᚠ-ᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Ger.: German
Icel.: Icelandic

Works & Authors

Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)

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