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be-hwerfan

  • verb [ weak ]
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be-hwerfan, p. de; pp. ed [be, hwerfan to turn]
To turn, prepare, instruct; vertere, instruere
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  • Ðonne hió ǽrest síe útan behwerfed

    when it is first turned round about

    • Bt. Met. Fox 13, 154
    • ;
    • Met. 13, 77.
  • Ic wolde mid sumre bísne ðé behwerfan útan

    I would instruct thee further [útan from without] by some example

    • Bt. 34, 4
    • ;
    • Fox 138, 27
    • .
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