wharven

Middle English

verb
Definitions
  • to change; convert; transform; exchange; the participle hwerefinde was used as an adjective meaning changeable
  • to turn away; turn, divert
  • to move about; wander; the participle wharrfedd was used as an adjective meaning confused
  • to come about, happen
  • to roll about, tumble, tussle; to roll together

Etymology

Derived from Old English hweorfan (turn, turn from, wander about, change, be converted, come, depart, roam, move, go about, go, return, turn back, die), hwearfan derived from Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną (turn).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*hwerbaną

Gloss

turn

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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