Hverfa

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

hverfa Old Icelandic word can mean:

hverfa

I)

hverfa

(hverf; hvarf, hurfum; horfinn), v.

hverfa

1) to have a circular or rotatory motion, turn round (himinn hverfr);

hverfa

with acc. of the place, himin ~ þau skulu hverjan dag, they shall wheel round the heaven every day, of the sun and moon;

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2) to be lost to sight (~ at sýn); to disappear, vanish (~ af himni heiðar stjörnur);

hverfa

e-m hverfr e-t, one loses a thing (Mávi hurfu sauðir nökkurir);

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síðan hvarf hann þeim, he vanished out of their sight;

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3) with preps. and advs.:

hverfa

~ af at gera e-t, to leave off doing a thing;

hverfa

~ aptr, to turn back, return;

hverfa

aptr hverfr lygi, þá er sönnu mœtir, a lie recoils before the truth;

hverfa

~ at e-m, to throng around one (þá hurfu þegar at honum allir ok fögnuðu honum);

hverfa

~ at e-u, to turn to, to adopt (~ at e-u ráði);

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~ brott, to disappear;

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~ eptir e-m, to follow one;

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~ frá e-u, to turn away from;

hverfa

gørðu-t far festa, áðr þeir frá hyrfi, they did not moor the boat before they turned away; to leave off (nú skal þar til taka, sem fyrr var frá horfit);

hverfa

~ í sundr, to part;

hverfa

~ til e-s, to turn (go) to one, or to a place (hlæjandi Guðrún hvarf til skemmu); esp. to go to one and take leave (Gunnar hverfr til allra manna, er hann er búinn); to fall to one’s lot, accrue to one (þótti stór heill til hans horfit hafa);

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~ um e-t, to encircle, surround (~ um hodd goða);

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~ undan e-m, to be withdrawn from, lost to one (hvarf ríki í Noregi undan Dana konungum);

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4) horfinn, pp.

hverfa

II)

hverfa

(-ða, -ðr), v.

hverfa

1) to turn a thing (in a certain direction);

hverfa

~ e-m hugi (acc. pl.), to change a person’s mind;

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2) ~ e-u um e-t, to enclose with a thing;

hverfa

vera hverfðr útan um e-t, to encircle a thing.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᛁᚱᚠᛅ

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• Old Norse - Cleasby & Vigfusson Dictionary
• Old Norwegian - Johan Fritzner's Dictionary