hweorfan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hwerban (“turn”). Cognate with Old Frisian hwerva, Old Saxon hwervan, Old High German werban, Old Norse hverfa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxwe͜or.fɑn/, [ˈʍe͜orˠ.vɑn]

Verb

hweorfan

to turn, change
to depart, go, proceed
to travel, roam, go about, wander, move about
to return

Conjugation

Conjugation of hweorfan (strong class 3)

indicative mood	present tense	past tense
infinitive	hweorfan	hweorfenne
first person singular	hweorfe	hwearf
second person singular	hwierfst	hwurfe
third person singular	hwierfþ	hwearf
plural	hweorfaþ	hwurfon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	hweorfe	hwurfe
plural	hweorfen	hwurfen
imperative
singular	hweorf
plural	hweorfaþ
participle	present	past
	hweorfende	(ġe)hworfen

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Middle English: wharven
- English: wharve

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “hweorfan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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