Á-hwilfan

Secondo il Dizionario dell'Inglese Antico:

á-hwilfan

p. de To roll over, overturn:--Seó sǽ slóh tógædere and áhwylfde Pharaones cratu, Ex. 14, 27. Hí fæsthealdne weorcstán upp áhwylfdon, Hml. S. 23, 424. Álege l ahwelf hig depone eos, Ps. L. 58, 12. Hé sǽde swá oft swá þæt scip wǽre ofdúne áhwylfed, ꝥ hé sǽte ofer þǽre bytman quoties carabo a superiori parte deorsum verso ipse carinae ejus supersederat, Gr. D. 347, 23. [Cf. He hwelfde at þare sepulchre dure enne grete ston, Misc. 51, 513. Icel. hvelfa to turn upside down; imper. to capsize. Cf. also O. H. Ger. hwalbón volubilis esse.]

Parole correlate: be-hwylfan; hwealf. a-hwilfan