Be-hwerfan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - be-hwerfan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

be-hwerfan
Substitute: be-hwirfan; p. de. I. to turn:--Ðonécan þe heó útan behwerfed sié, Bt. 25; F. 88, 35: Met. 13, 77. II. to surround, encompass:--Ic wolde mid sumre bisne þé behwerfan útan ego tibi corollarium dabo, Bt. 34, 4; F. 138, 27. III. to turn to, convert into, change:--Hí hæfdon behwyrfed heora gestreón on gym-stánum . . . Hit wæs gewunelic . . . þaelig;t hí behwyrfdon heora áre on gymstánum, Hml. Th. i. 60, 22-28. Þú bist behwyrfed l miswend peruerteris, Ps. L. 17, 27. Þæt teóðe werod tó áwyrgedum gástum behwyrfede wurdon, Hml. Th. i. 540, 3. IV. to exchange, change for:--Hé ealle his ǽhta behwyrfde wið ánum gyldenum wecge, Hml. Th. i. 394, 12. Úre unclǽnan weorc wé sceolon behwyrfan mid clænum, 138, 29. be-hwerfan
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