þweorh

See also: þweorh-

Old English

Alternative forms

• þwēor
• þwerh, þwēr — Anglian
• þwȳr — West Saxon
• þwīr — Late West Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þwerh (“against, contrary”). Akin to Old English þwēorian (“to oppose, thwart”). Cognate with Old Saxon thwerh, Old Norse þverr, Dutch dwars.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θwe͜orx/, [θwe͜orˠx]

Adjective

þweorh

1. cross, transverse

   þweorhfuru ― a cross-furrow

2. adverse, opposed
3. crooked, bent
4. angry
5. perverse, depraved

   þwēortīeme ― contentious, perverse, wicked

   þwēorscipe ― perversity, depravity, iniquity

Declension

Declension of þweorh — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	þweorh	þweorh	þweorh
Accusative	þwēorne	þwēore	þweorh
Genitive	þwēores	þwēorre	þwēores
Dative	þwēorum	þwēorre	þwēorum
Instrumental	þwēore	þwēorre	þwēore
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	þwēore	þwēora, þwēore	þweorh
Accusative	þwēore	þwēora, þwēore	þweorh
Genitive	þwēorra	þwēorra	þwēorra
Dative	þwēorum	þwēorum	þwēorum
Instrumental	þwēorum	þwēorum	þwēorum

Declension of þweorh — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	þwēora	þwēore	þwēore
Accusative	þwēoran	þwēoran	þwēore
Genitive	þwēoran	þwēoran	þwēoran
Dative	þwēoran	þwēoran	þwēoran
Instrumental	þwēoran	þwēoran	þwēoran
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	þwēoran	þwēoran	þwēoran
Accusative	þwēoran	þwēoran	þwēoran
Genitive	þwēorra, þwēorena	þwēorra, þwēorena	þwēorra, þwēorena
Dative	þwēorum	þwēorum	þwēorum
Instrumental	þwēorum	þwēorum	þwēorum

Descendants

• Middle English: thwīre, thwyre

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “þweorh”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.