hvarfa

(að), v.

1) to be turned round; lét hann sér í hendi h. ker gullit, he rolled the gold cup round in his hand;

2) stroll about (fílamir hvarfa um skóginn); e-m hvarfar hugr, one’s mind wavers;

3) h. í milli, to stand between (in the way).

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að, [Ulf. hwarbon = περιπατειν, περιάγειν], prop. to turn round; let hann sér í hendi h. her gullit, Hðm. 21, obsolete.

2. to wander, stroll about, Fms. x. 412, Eg. (in a verse), Pr. 136.

β. metaph., h. í millum, what is between, as a matter of dispute or dissent, Gþl. 364; sakir stórra hluta er hér h. milli, Nj. 177, v. 1., ok h. þar í millum, run on these numbers, i. e. between the length of ten and twenty ells, Sks. 120, Anecd. 16: e-m hvarfar hugr, one’s mind wavers, Fms. x. 270.