Hwerfung

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hwerfung

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words: hwearfung. hwerfung

Definitions

1 hwerfung

f. Change, mutation, vicissitude :-- Hwæt singaþ ða leóþwyrhtan óðres be ðisse woruld búton mislíca hwerfunga ðisse worulde quid tragœdiarum clamor aliud deflet, nisi indiscreto ictu fortunam felicia regna vertentem? Bt. 7, 3; Fox 22, 21.

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ᚻᚹᛖᚱᚠᚢᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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