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be-weorpan

  • verb [ strong ]
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be-weorpan, -wyrpan; ic -weorpe, ðú -wyrpst, he -weorpeþ, -wyrpþ, pl. -weorpaþ; p. -wearp, pl. -wurpon; pp. -worpen.
to cast, cast down, throw; projicere, dejicere
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  • Seó cwén hét [híg] ðam cyninge heáfod ofaceorfan, and bewyrpan on ánne cylle

    the queen commanded [them] to cut off the king's head, and to cast it into a vessel,

    • Ors. 2, 4
      • ;
    • Bos. 45, 33.

  • Hwæt bewearp ðé on ðás gnornunga

    what has cast thee into these lamentations?

    • Bt. 7, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 16, 25.

  • He hæfþ us beworpen on ealra wíta mǽste

    he hath cast us down into the greatest of all torments,

    • Cd. 21
      • ;
    • Th. 25, 13
      • ;
    • Gen. 393.

  • Ic wæs hér unscildig on pytt beworpen

    I was thrown here innocent into a dungeon,

    • Gen. 40, 15.
to cast about or over, cover over, surround; conjicere, supertegere, cingere
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  • Hláford, lǽt hine [fíctreów] gyt ðis geár, óþ ic hine bedelfe, and ic hine beweorpe mid meoxe

    Lord, suffer it [the fig-tree] yet this year, till I dig about it, and cast it about [surround it] with dung,

    • Lk. Bos. 13, 8:

  • Oft beweorpeþ ánre þecene wundrum gewlitegad

    often casts over with a covering wondrously adorned,

    • Exon. 128 b
      • ;
    • Th. 493, 20
      • ;
    • Rä. 81, 34.

  • Hafaþ fægerne eard wætre beworpen

    it hath a fair dwelling surrounded with water,

    • Runic pm. 28
      • ;
    • Kmbl. 345, 8
      • ;
    • Hick. Thes. i. 135.
Derived forms
weorpan
Linked entries
v.  be-wearp be-worpen be-wyrpan.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “be-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/4160.

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