wharve.
To turn, turn over (especially of mown grass).
Meaning & usage
To turn, turn over (especially of mown grass).
Where this word comes from
From Middle English wharven (“to turn”), from Old English hweorfan (“to turn”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwerban (“to turn”), from Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną (“to turn”). Cognate with Dutch werven (“to recruit”), Icelandic hverfa (“to turn”), Faroese hvørva (“to disappear”), German werben (“to recruit, advertise”).
The whorl of a spindle.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English wherve, from Old English hweorfa, related to the verb.
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