Hwilfan
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - hwilfan
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- hwilfan
- p. te To arch, vault, make hwealf (q. v.) :-- Ðonne þū hlid habban wylle, bonne hafa þū þīne wynstran hand sāmlocene, and eác swā þā swȳþran, and hwylf hȳ ofer þā wynstran eal swylce þū cuppan hlīde, Tech. ii. 125, 7. [Icel. hvelfa to arch, vault: O. Sax. be-hwel-fcian.]