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ge-hwirfan

  • verb
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Grammar
ge-hwirfan, ge-hweorfan.
Take here ge-hwyrfan in Dict. , and add
trans.
to cause to go, to transfer from one place to another
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  • Hé hine áscéd of ðǽm worldríce and hine gehwirfde (-hwyrfde,

    v. l.

    ) tó ungesceádwísum neátum,
      Past. 38, 23.
  • Gehwyrfede

    translati (de mundi calamitate)

    ,
      An. Ox. 978.
to transfer possession of from one to another,
bring into the power of. Cf. ge-hweofan;
3 a
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  • Se hálga stede wæs gehwyrfed ðám cyninge tó handa

    locus regali fisco subditus erat, C. D. iii. 63, 28. (2 a) to bring to acknowledge another faith :-- ꝥ hí hine fram heora godum ácyrdon, and tó þǽre níwan ǽfæstnesse þæs crístenan geleáfan gehwyrfde (transferrent ),

      Bd. 5, 10 ; Sch. 602, 6.
to cause to act, turn to action. Cf. ge-hweorfan ;
2 b
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  • Ðæt geðreátade mód bið suíðe raðe gehwierfed tó fióunga

    correpti mens repente ad odium proruit

    ,
      Past. 167, 13.
to cause to return,
of material objects,
to replace, restore
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  • Gehuerf (

    converte

    ) suord ðín in stówe his,
      Mt. L. 26, 52.
  • His gesceafta ne móton tóslúpan, ac bíð gehwerfde eft tó þám ilcan ryne þe hié ǽr urnon,

      Bt. 21 ; F. 74, 11.
of non-material objects, to bring back to doing or being,
to recall
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  • Sió medtrymnes ðæt mód gehwierfð gehwelces monnes hine selfne tó ongietanne

    molestia corporalis ad cognitionem sui mentetm revocat

    ,
      Past. 255, 15.
to change, alter, put one thing for another
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  • Ðá ðá from boecerum ł geécad ł gihwerfde arun ł ymbcerred wé boetas

    ea quae a librariis aut addita sunt aut mutata corrigimus

    ,
      Mt. p. 2, 2.
to turn to (into), bring an object to a different condition, reduce to,
convert into
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  • Þás getimbro fýr fornimeð and on axan gehwirfeð (-hweorfað, -hwyrfað,

    v. ll.) haec aedificia ignis absumens in cinerem convertet

    ,
      Bd. 4, 25 ; Sch. 498, 12.
  • Tó náhte hé gehwyrfde

    ad nihilum redegit Israel

    ,
      Ps. L. 77, 59.
  • Ðætte hié ðone hálwendan drync dæs wínes ne gehwierfen (-hwyrfen, v. l.) him selfum tó áttre

    quia saluberrimum vini potum in veneni sibi pocula vertunt

    ,
      Past. 364, 9.
  • Ic eom tó náhtegehwyrfd

    ego ad nihilum redactus sum

    ,
      Ps. L. 72, 22.
  • Oft se oferǽt wierð gehwierfed tó fierenluste

    plerumque edacitas usque ad luxuriant pertrahit

    ,
      Past. 309, 14.
  • Hié wurdon gehwierfde inne on ðám ofne tó áre

    in fornace in aes versi sunt

    ,
      267, 20.
to give a different form to the expression of thought, to turn into prose or verse,
translate from one language to another
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  • Paulinus bóc of metergeweorce on geráde sprǽce ic gehwyrfde (-hwirfde,

    v. l., transtuli

    ),
      Bd. 5, 23 ; Sch. 698, 9.
  • Þæt hé in swinsunge leóðsonges þæt gehwyrfde

    hunc in modulationem carminis transferre

    ,
      4, 24 ; Sch. 485, 17.
  • Seó bóc wæs yfele of Grécisce on Léden gehwyrfed (

    translatam

    ),
      Bd. 5, 23 ; Sch. 698, 12.
  • Ðá ðá of flítendum trachterum yfle geworht ł gihuerfde arun

    ea quae a vitiosis interpretibus edita sunt

    ,
      Mt. p. 2, 1.
to change the conduct of a person,
cause to act in a manner contrary to previous action
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  • Hú feala þú ætýwdest mé gedréfednessa, gehwyrfd and þú gelíffæstest [mé]

    quantas ostendisti mihi tribulationes, et conversus uiuificasti me, Ps. L. 70, 20. (8 a) to change the belief, opinions, &c. , of a person, to convert :-- Oft gebyreð ðæt ðá bióð mid líðelicre race gehwirfde (-hwyrfde, v. l.), and eft ðá medwísan oft mid bisenum gehwirfde (-hwyrde, v. l.) illos plerumque ratiocinationis argumenta, istos nonnunquam melius exempla convertunt

    ,
      Past. 204, 2.
  • Sé gehuerfde

    convertantur

    ,
      Mt. L. 13, 15.
  • Gehwerfed,

      Mk. L. R. 4, 12.
to change for the worse, pervert, corrupt
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  • Þá cóm semninga grim wól ofer ðá gehwyrfdon módes menn (gehweorfdan menn módes,

    v. l.) interea subito corruptae mentis homines acerba pestis corripuit

    ,
      Bd. I, 14; Sch. 39, 2. (10) to change one thing for another, exchange,
with gen.,
to make exchange of
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  • Hí ealra þinga gehwyrfdon ge on cucan ceápe ge on óðrurn,

      C. D. v. 378, 20.
  • Hí gehwyrfdon landa wið Ælfwine

    commutationem terrarum fecerunt contra Ælfwinum

    , v.
      207, 7.
  • Be þon þe nán mon gehwyrfe yrfes bútan gewitnesse,

      Ll. Lmbn. 156, 1.
with dat., to make exchange with
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  • Oft se welega and se wǽdla habbað gehwierfed (-hweorfed, v. l. ) hiera ðeáwum

    plerumque personarum ordinem permutat qualitas morum

    ,
      Past. 183, 10.
  • Hié ðém landum iehwerfed hefdan,

      C. D. ii. 66, 21.
with acc. ,
to exchange
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  • Wulfríc hit siððan æt him gehwyrfde mid ðám ðe him gecwémre wæs,

      C. D. iii. 291, 21.
intrans.
To return to a place, occupation, &c.
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  • Heó nele swá beón gefréfrod, þæt hí eft tó woruldlicum gecampe gehwyrfon,

      Hml. Th. i. 84, 30.
  • Farende and ná gehwyrfende

    uadens et non rediens

    ,
      Ps. L. 77, 39.
Etymology
[O. Sax. gi-hwerƀian: O. H. Ger. ge-hwerben convertere.]
Linked entries
v.  ge-hweorfan.
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