"hweorfan" meaning in Old English

See hweorfan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈxwe͜or.fɑn/, [ˈʍe͜orˠ.vɑn]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *hwerban (“to turn”). Cognate with Old Frisian hwerva, Old Saxon hwervan, Old High German werban, Old Norse hverfa. Etymology templates: {{etymon|ang|inh|gmw-pro>*hwerban>turn|id=turn}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*hwerban||to turn}} Proto-West Germanic *hwerban (“to turn”), {{cog|ofs|hwerva}} Old Frisian hwerva, {{cog|osx|hwervan}} Old Saxon hwervan, {{cog|goh|werban}} Old High German werban, {{cog|non|hverfa}} Old Norse hverfa Head templates: {{ang-verb}} hweorfan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|hweorfan<s3/2sg_pres_indc:hweorfest/3sg_pres_indc:hwierfþ, hweorfeþ>}} Forms: strong [table-tags], hweorfan [infinitive], hweorfenne [infinitive], hweorfe [first-person, present, singular], hwearf [first-person, past, singular], hweorfest [present, second-person, singular], hwurfe [past, second-person, singular], hwierfþ [present, singular, third-person], hweorfeþ [present, singular, third-person], hwearf [past, singular, third-person], hweorfaþ [plural, present], hwurfon [past, plural], hweorfe [present, singular], hwurfe [past, singular], hweorfen [plural, present], hwurfen [past, plural], hweorf [imperative, past, present, singular], hweorfaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], hweorfende [imperative, present], hworfen [imperative, past], ġehworfen [imperative, past]
  1. to turn, change
    Sense id: en-hweorfan-ang-verb-W~ZlmBPs
  2. to depart, go, proceed
    Sense id: en-hweorfan-ang-verb-l9fNZck0
  3. to travel, roam, go about, wander, move about
    Sense id: en-hweorfan-ang-verb-9a18bK4E Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 5 16 74 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 11 79 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 7 84 5
  4. to return
    Sense id: en-hweorfan-ang-verb-zYd8~7QD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: hwearf, hwyrft, hwearfian
Derived forms: æthweorfan, aġēnġehweorfan, āhweorfan, andhweorfan, behweorfan, efthweorfan, forhweorfan, fromhweorfan, ġēanhweorfan, ġehweorfan, ġeondhweorfan, mishweorfan, mishworfen, nīwhworfen, onhweorfan, sinhweorfan, sinhweorfende, tōhweorfan, ymbhweorfan

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "æthweorfan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "aġēnġehweorfan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "āhweorfan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "andhweorfan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "behweorfan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "efthweorfan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "forhweorfan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fromhweorfan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ġēanhweorfan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ġehweorfan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ġeondhweorfan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mishweorfan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mishworfen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "nīwhworfen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "onhweorfan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sinhweorfan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sinhweorfende"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tōhweorfan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ymbhweorfan"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "wharven"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: wharven",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: wharven"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "wharve"
          },
          "expansion": "English: wharve",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: wharve"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "inh",
        "3": "gmw-pro>*hwerban>turn",
        "id": "turn"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*hwerban",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to turn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *hwerban (“to turn”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "hwerva"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian hwerva",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "hwervan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon hwervan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "werban"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German werban",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "hverfa"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse hverfa",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *hwerban (“to turn”). Cognate with Old Frisian hwerva, Old Saxon hwervan, Old High German werban, Old Norse hverfa.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "3",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hweorfan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hweorfenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hweorfe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwearf",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hweorfest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwurfe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwierfþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hweorfeþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwearf",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hweorfaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwurfon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hweorfe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwurfe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hweorfen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwurfen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hweorf",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hweorfaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hweorfende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hworfen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġehworfen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "hweorfan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hweorfan<s3/2sg_pres_indc:hweorfest/3sg_pres_indc:hwierfþ, hweorfeþ>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hwearf"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hwyrft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hwearfian"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Man must pause when he tells a promise\nuntil bold spirit would know clearly\nwhere thought of hearts would turn.",
          "ref": "10th century, The Wanderer:",
          "text": "Beorn sċeal ġebīdan, · þonne hē bēot spriceð,\noþþæt collenferð · cunne ġearwe\nhwider hreþra ġehyġd · hweorfan wille.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to turn, change"
      ],
      "id": "en-hweorfan-ang-verb-W~ZlmBPs",
      "links": [
        [
          "turn",
          "turn"
        ],
        [
          "change",
          "change"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to depart, go, proceed"
      ],
      "id": "en-hweorfan-ang-verb-l9fNZck0",
      "links": [
        [
          "depart",
          "depart"
        ],
        [
          "go",
          "go"
        ],
        [
          "proceed",
          "proceed"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 16 74 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 11 79 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 7 84 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to travel, roam, go about, wander, move about"
      ],
      "id": "en-hweorfan-ang-verb-9a18bK4E",
      "links": [
        [
          "travel",
          "travel"
        ],
        [
          "roam",
          "roam"
        ],
        [
          "go about",
          "go about"
        ],
        [
          "wander",
          "wander"
        ],
        [
          "move about",
          "move about"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Year 813 In this year Archbishop Wulfred returned to his own bishopdom with the blessing of Pope Leo [III]. And in that year King Edgebright ravaged the Celts of Cornwall from the east to the west.",
          "text": "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\nAn. DCCCXIII Hēr Wulfrēd arċebisċeop mid bletsunge Leon þǣs papan hwearf eft tō his āgnum bisċeopdōme. ⁊ þȳ ġēare ġehergode Eċġbriht cing on Westwēalas frām ēasteweardum ōþ westwearde.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to return"
      ],
      "id": "en-hweorfan-ang-verb-zYd8~7QD",
      "links": [
        [
          "return",
          "return"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈxwe͜or.fɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʍe͜orˠ.vɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hweorfan"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Old English class 3 strong verbs",
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "æthweorfan"
    },
    {
      "word": "aġēnġehweorfan"
    },
    {
      "word": "āhweorfan"
    },
    {
      "word": "andhweorfan"
    },
    {
      "word": "behweorfan"
    },
    {
      "word": "efthweorfan"
    },
    {
      "word": "forhweorfan"
    },
    {
      "word": "fromhweorfan"
    },
    {
      "word": "ġēanhweorfan"
    },
    {
      "word": "ġehweorfan"
    },
    {
      "word": "ġeondhweorfan"
    },
    {
      "word": "mishweorfan"
    },
    {
      "word": "mishworfen"
    },
    {
      "word": "nīwhworfen"
    },
    {
      "word": "onhweorfan"
    },
    {
      "word": "sinhweorfan"
    },
    {
      "word": "sinhweorfende"
    },
    {
      "word": "tōhweorfan"
    },
    {
      "word": "ymbhweorfan"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "wharven"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: wharven",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: wharven"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "wharve"
          },
          "expansion": "English: wharve",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: wharve"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "inh",
        "3": "gmw-pro>*hwerban>turn",
        "id": "turn"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*hwerban",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to turn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *hwerban (“to turn”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "hwerva"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian hwerva",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "hwervan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon hwervan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "werban"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German werban",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "hverfa"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse hverfa",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *hwerban (“to turn”). Cognate with Old Frisian hwerva, Old Saxon hwervan, Old High German werban, Old Norse hverfa.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "3",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hweorfan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hweorfenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hweorfe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwearf",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hweorfest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwurfe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwierfþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hweorfeþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwearf",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hweorfaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwurfon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hweorfe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwurfe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hweorfen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwurfen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hweorf",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hweorfaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hweorfende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hworfen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġehworfen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "hweorfan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hweorfan<s3/2sg_pres_indc:hweorfest/3sg_pres_indc:hwierfþ, hweorfeþ>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "hwearf"
    },
    {
      "word": "hwyrft"
    },
    {
      "word": "hwearfian"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Man must pause when he tells a promise\nuntil bold spirit would know clearly\nwhere thought of hearts would turn.",
          "ref": "10th century, The Wanderer:",
          "text": "Beorn sċeal ġebīdan, · þonne hē bēot spriceð,\noþþæt collenferð · cunne ġearwe\nhwider hreþra ġehyġd · hweorfan wille.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to turn, change"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "turn",
          "turn"
        ],
        [
          "change",
          "change"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to depart, go, proceed"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "depart",
          "depart"
        ],
        [
          "go",
          "go"
        ],
        [
          "proceed",
          "proceed"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to travel, roam, go about, wander, move about"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "travel",
          "travel"
        ],
        [
          "roam",
          "roam"
        ],
        [
          "go about",
          "go about"
        ],
        [
          "wander",
          "wander"
        ],
        [
          "move about",
          "move about"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Year 813 In this year Archbishop Wulfred returned to his own bishopdom with the blessing of Pope Leo [III]. And in that year King Edgebright ravaged the Celts of Cornwall from the east to the west.",
          "text": "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\nAn. DCCCXIII Hēr Wulfrēd arċebisċeop mid bletsunge Leon þǣs papan hwearf eft tō his āgnum bisċeopdōme. ⁊ þȳ ġēare ġehergode Eċġbriht cing on Westwēalas frām ēasteweardum ōþ westwearde.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to return"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "return",
          "return"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈxwe͜or.fɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʍe͜orˠ.vɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hweorfan"
}

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