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ge-weorpan

  • verb [ strong ]
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ge-weorpan, -worpan; p. -wearp, pl. -wurpon; pp. -worpen.
to throw, cast; jacere, projicere
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  • Hí habbaþ ingang swá mycelre brǽdo, swá mon mæg mid liðeran geworpan

    they have an entrance of so much breadth, as one can throw with a sling,

    • Bd. 4, 13
      • ;
    • S. 583, 11
      • .

  • Drihten hí gewyrpþ mid grine

    the Lord will cast a snare upon them;

    pluet super peccatores laqueos,
    • Ps. Th. 10, 7
      • .

  • Miððý gewearp woedo his

    projecto vestimento suo,

    • Mk. Skt. Lind. 10, 50
      • .

  • Gewurpon búta

    ejecerunt extra,

    • 12, 8, 41
      • .

  • Honda gewurpon on hine

    manus injecerunt in eum,

    • 14, 46
      • .

  • Swá gewundade wráðe slǽpe, sýn ðonne geworpene on wídne hlǽw

    sicut vulnerati dormientes, projecti in monumentis,

    • Ps. Th. 87, 5
      • .
to turn one's self away, go away, depart, pass by; averti, abire, transire
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  • Winter sceal geweorpan, weder eft cuman, sumor hát

    winter shall pass by, fair weather again shall come, hot summer,

    • Exon. 90 a
      • ;
    • Th. 338, 11
      • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 77
      • .
Derived forms
weorpan
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v.  ge-worpan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-weorpan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/16788.

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