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==Old English==

===Etymology===
{{dercat|ang|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=1}}
From {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*hwerban||turn}}. Cognate with {{cog|ofs|hwerva}}, {{cog|osx|hwervan}}, {{cog|goh|werban}}, {{cog|non|hverfa}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{ang-IPA|hweorfan}}

===Verb===
{{ang-verb}}

# to [[turn]], [[change]]
#* {{quote-book|ang|text=''Beorn sċeal ġebīdan, · þonne hē bēot spriceð,<br/>oþþæt collenferð · cunne ġearwe<br/>hwider hreþra ġehyġd · '''hweorfan''' wille.''|t=Man must pause when he tells a promise<br/>until bold spirit would know clearly<br/>where thought of hearts would '''turn'''.|title=The Wanderer|year=10th century}}
# to [[depart]], [[go]], [[proceed]]
# to [[travel]], [[roam]], [[go about]], [[wander]], [[move about]]
# to [[return]]

====Conjugation====
{{ang-conj|hweorfan<s3/2sg_pres_indc:hweorfest/3sg_pres_indc:hwierfþ, hweorfeþ>}}

====Derived terms====
{{der4|ang
|aġēnġehweorfan
|āhweorfan
|andhweorfan
|æthweorfan
|behweorfan
|efthweorfan
|forhweorfan
|fromhweorfan
|ġēanhweorfan
|ġehweorfan
|ġeondhweorfan
|mishweorfan
|mishworfen
|nīwhworfen
|onhweorfan
|sinhweorfan
|sinhweorfende
|tōhweorfan
|ymbhweorfan
}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|ang|hwearf}}
* {{l|ang|hwyrft}}
* {{l|ang|hwearfian}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|enm|wharven}}
** {{desc|en|wharve}}

===References===
* {{R:ang:BT|hweorfan|ref=053546}}