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of-weorpan

  • verb [ strong ]
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of-weorpan, to kill by casting (a stone, etc. ),
to knock down and kill by a missile
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  • David nam fíf stánas and ðeáhhweðere mid ánum hé ðone gigant ofwearp. Blickl. Homl. 31, 18.
  • David mid his liðeran ofwearp ðone geleáfleásan ent,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 18 : Homl. Skt. i. 18, 18, 23.
  • He wearð mid áne stáne ofworpen

    saxo ictus occubuit,

      Ors. 4, l; Swt. 158, 32.
  • Gif oxa wer ofslóge, síe hé mid stánum ofworpen,

      L. Alf. 21; Th. i. 48, 32 note: 50, 5 note. [Goth. af-wairpan stainam lapidare: Ger. abwerfen.
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