Old English Dictionary Entry

Hwifer

Part of speech: (?) ; Related words: C. D. B. iii. 603, 40], 275, 12. Ic gæan þæs landes æt hwi-fersce, 272, 16. [v.

Definitions

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1 hwifer

adj. Quaking, quivering, shaking. Perhaps this adjective may be inferred from the following words in Suffolk names :-- Tō hwifermirsce, C. D. iii. 275, l. Wifærmyrsc, 273, 26. Tō hwifræme-[ra, D. D. wiver, whiver, to shake, quiver; wivery hivering, quaking.] hwifer

Similar Words

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

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚹᛁᚠᛖᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

C.: Corpus Christi College MS

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