Part of speech: verb
Verb type: weak verb (1)
1. to change; to remake, remodel; 2. to return; 3. to move, take; to transfer, transport (also ȝehwærfan, -hwerfan, -hwirfan, -hwyrfan)
Etymology
[← ȝe- pref + hwierfan, hwyrfan v “to turn; to return; to convert, change”; O Sax gihwervian, -hwerbian; OHG giwerben]
Paradigm
4.2.1 (a)
(a) with a short root vowel
| I class | infinitive | past tense singular |
| to plough | erian | erede |
| to perform, commit | fremman | fremede |
(b) with a long root vowel
| I class | infinitive | past tense singular |
| to feed | fédan | fédde |
| to keep, observe | cépan | cépte |
| to send | sendan | sende |
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