hweorfan
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *hwerban (“turn”). Cognate with Old Frisian hwerva, Old Saxon hwervan, Old High German werban, Old Norse hverfa.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
hweorfan
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of hweorfan (strong class 3)
infinitive | hweorfan | hweorfenne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
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 |
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References edit
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “hweorfan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.