- hwearfian
- wv/t2 to turn, roll or toss about, revolve; wave; change; wander, move, pass by
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
hwearfian
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hweorfian — see hwearfian … Old to modern English dictionary
wharf — late O.E. hwearf shore, bank where ships can tie up, earlier dam, embankment, from P.Gmc. *khwarfaz (Cf. M.L.G. werf mole, dam, wharf, Ger. Werft shipyard, dockyard ); related to O.E. hwearfian to turn, perhaps in a sense implying busy activity,… … Etymology dictionary
