For-weorpan
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - for-weorpan
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- for-weorpan
- p. ic, he -wearp, ðú -wurpe, pl. -wurpon; subj. p. -wurpe, pl. -wurpen; pp. -worpen To cast, cast away, reject; jăcĕre, projĭcĕre, repellĕre :-- Se feónd hogode on ðæt micle morþ men forweorpan the foe thought to cast men into that great perdition, Cd. 32; Th. 43, 16; Gen. 691. Ðú forwurpe mín word tu projēcisti sermōnes meos, Ps. Th. 49, 18. Mæg secgan se ðe wyle sóþ sprecan ðæt he gúþgewǽdu forwurpe he who will speak the truth can say that he cast away his armour [war-garments], Beo. Th. 5736; B. 2872. Hwí forwurpe ðú me oððe forhwí útaþýgdest ðú me quāre- repŭlisti me? Ps. Lamb. 42, 2. [Goth. frawairpan: Orm. forrwerrpenn: O. Sax. farwerpan: Ger. ver-werfen to reject.] DER. weorpan. for-weorpan