wharve

verb /woɹv/

1. To turn, turn over (especially of mown grass).

   It wharves the wair and stirs the sand.

   1898, “Junda” Klingrahoolː

Where it 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”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry wharve (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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