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tó-weorpan

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tó-weorpan, -werpan, -worpan, -wurpan, -wyrpan; p. -wearp, pl. -wurpon; pp. -worpen.
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To throw in different directions, throw away, throw down, to scatter, disperse, destroy, overthrow
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  • Tówearp

    discutit,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 70.

  • Tówuorpon

    destituunt,

    toworpne

    destitutae,

    • 105, 81, 82.

  • Tówurpon,

    • 25, 13.

  • Tóworpenum

    eruta,

    • 33, 16.

  • Destitutae, desertae, i. derelictae, vel

    toworpne,

    • 139, 11.
to scatter (lit. or fig.), disperse
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  • Se ðe ne gaderaþ mid mé, hé tówyrpþ

    (spargit),

    • Mt. 12, 30.

  • Hé sendeþ his strǽlo and hí tóweorpeþ

    (dissipavit),

    • Bd. 4, 3;
    • S. 569, 20.

  • Ðú ús tódrife and ús tówurpe geond werþeóda,

    • Ps. Th. 59, 1.
    Hé ðæt fýr tósceáf and ðone líg tówearp,
    • Exon. Th. 276, 15;
    • Jul. 566.

  • Tóweorp ðú ða ðeóda

    dissipa gentes,

    • Ps. Th. 67, 28.

  • Ðæt hé heora oferhýd tóweorpe ní

    superbiam eorum dissipet,

    • Bd. 4, 3;
    • S. 569, 24.

  • Mid ðý ðe hé sceolde his gestreón tóweorpan, mid ðý hé hié gadraþ,

    • Past. 8;
    • Swt. 55, 11.

  • Úre bán syndon tóworþene

    dissipata suni ossa nostra,

    • Ps. Th. 140, 9.

  • Ðætte suno Godes, ða ðe uoeron tóuorpen (dispersi), gesomnade in an.

    • Jn. Skt. Lind. 11, 52.
to break in pieces, scatter the parts of a connected whole
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  • Hé heora bendas tówearp

    vincula eorum disrupit,

    • Ps. Th. 106, 13.
in a literal sense, to overthrow
to overturn what is standing
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  • Hé ágeát ðara mynetera feoh, and tówearp hyrá mýsan

    (mensas subvertit),

    • Jn. Skt. 2, 15.
to throw down what is set up, destroy a building, demolish
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  • Gif eówer godes miht ða cyrcan tówurpan ne mæg, ic tówurpe eówer tempel,

    • Homl. Th. i. 70, 30.

  • Ðes tówyrpþ (-wærpað, Lind.) Godes templ, and hyt eft ge-timbraþ

    qui destruebat templum Dei, et illud reaedificabat,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 2, 7, 40.

  • Ðú tówurpe weallfæsten his

    deposuisti maceriam ejus,

    • Ps. Th. 79, 12.

  • Ceaster heora ðú tówurpe

    (destruxisti),

    • Ps. Spl. 9, 6.

  • God tówearp (subvertit) ða burga,

    • Gen. 19, 25
      • :
    • Ors. 3, 7;
    • Swt. 114, 2.

  • Hé tówearp ðæt templ

    Titus templum diruit,

    • 6, 7; Swt. 262, 20.

  • Se godcunda anweald tówearp ðone torr

    (the tower of Babel),
    • Bt. 35, 4;
    • Fox 162, 25.

  • Æþelburg tówearp Tántún ðe Ine ǽr timbrede,

    • Chr. 722;
    • Erl. 44, 27.

  • Hí tówurpon ða heargas

    destructis fanis,

    • Bd. 3, 30;
    • S. 562, 15.

  • Englas ðæt hús tówurpon þurh gástlícne cræft,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 510, 15.

  • Ðý læs eówer hús windas tóweorpan,

    • Exon. Th. 281, 22;
    • Jul. 650.

  • Hí mid æxum duru curfan, and teoledan ðæt hí mid adesan ealle tówurpan

    (dejecerunt),

    • Ps. Th. 73, 6.

  • Tówurpan (-worpan, MS. A. : -weorpan, Rush. : -worpa, Lind.) Godes templ

    destruere templum Dei,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 26, 61
      • :
    • Homl. Th. ii. 510, 13.

  • Tóworpon,

    • Bd. 2, 13;
    • S. 517, 14.

  • Tówyrpan hira geweorc,

    • Bt. 35, 4;
    • Fox 162, 13.

  • Ne bið hér lǽfed stán uppan stáne ðe ne beó tóworpen,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 24, 2
      • :
    • Mk. Skt. 13, a.

  • Wearð Tirus seó mǽre burg eall tóworpenu

    Tyrus excisa est,

    • Ors. 3, 9;
    • Swt. 128, 28.

  • Æfter tóworpenum templan

    post deruta sacella,

    • Hpt. Gl. 467. 56.
in a figurative sense, to overthrow,
where the object is a person, to destroy the power of a person, to destroy
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  • Hí tóweorp

    destrue eos,

    • Ps. Th. 58, 11.

  • Ðæt ðú tówurpe feónd

    ut destruas inimicum,

    • Ps. Spl. 8, 3.

  • Hí wolde tóweorpan wuldres Aldor . . . ðæt hé hí ne tówurpe geond werþeóda

    dixit ut disperderet eos . . . ne disperderet eos,

    • Ps. Th. 105, 19.

  • Swá sint tó teweorpanne ða ðe nán gód ne dydon ðurh ðreáunge

    qui nulla agere bona coeperunt, correctionis manu evertendi sunt,

    • Past. 58;
    • Swt. 443, 33.

  • Ic wolde tówerpan bearn Hélendes,

    • Cd. Th. 270, 4;
    • Sae. 85.

  • Noldan hí tóworpan þeóde

    non disperdiderunt gentes,

    • Ps. Th. 105, 26.

  • Wutan hí towyrpan

    disperdamus eos,

    • 82, 4.
where the object is not a person, to overthrow an institution, a practice, regulation, law, etc., to put down, put an end to, destroy, make void, break, dissolve
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  • Se ðe tówyrpþ án of ðysum bebodum

    qui solvent unum de mandatis istis,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 5, 19.

  • Hé úre ǽ tówyrpþ. Pilatus hym cwæð: Hwæt ys ðæt hé déþ ðæt hé mǽge eówre ǽ tówerpan? Hí cwǽdon: 'On restedagum hé hǽlþ,'

    • Nicod. 2;
    • Thw. 1, 23-27.

  • Hé com tó ðý ðæt hé wolde ǽlc yfel tówurpan, and ǽlc good árǽran. Nú tówyrpþ hé on us leahtras . . . Hé tówyrpþ módignysse . . . and ealle unðeáwas hé tówyrpþ,

    • Homl. Th. i. 144, 28-32.

  • Se wind tóweorpþ ðære rosan wlite.

    • Bt. 9;
    • Fox 26, 19.

  • Tóweorpeþ (-worpeþ, MS. B.),

    • Salm. Kmbl. 149;
    • Sal. 74.

  • Ða heargas áídlian and tóweorpan

    fana profanare,

    • Bd. 2, 13;
    • S. 516, 40.

  • Hé wile úre wítu tóweorpan

    he will put an end to the pains we inflict,

    • Cd. Th. 289, 5;
    • Sat. 393.

  • Míne are tóweorpan

    honorem meum repellere,

    • Ps. Th. 61, 4.

  • Wutun symbeldagas Drihtnes on eorðwege ealle tówurpan

    comprimamus omnes dies festos Domini a terra,

    • 73, 8.

  • Nelle gé wénan ðæt ic cóme tówurpan (solvere) ða ǽ; ne com ic ná tówurpan (-wearpan, MS. A.), ac gefyllan,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 5, 17.

  • Uton tówurpan ðás geflitu

    dissolvamus has conlentiones,

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 31, 23.

  • Ælfhere hét tówurpon swýðe manig munuclíf,

    • Chr. 975;
    • Erl. 127, 5.

  • Oft becymþ se anweald ðisse worulde tó swíþe gódummonnum for ðæm se anweald ðara yflana weorþe tóworpen

    fit saepe, uti bonis summa rerum gerenda deferatur, ut exuberans retundatur im-probitas,

    • Bt. 39, ii;
    • Fox 228, 20.

  • Ðone tóworpenan stal ðæs ríces

    destructum regni statum,

    • Bd. 4, 26;
    • S. 603, 8.

  • Ðý læs tóworpen sién fyrngewritu,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 860;
    • El. 430.
to throw out. v. tó-worpness, II.
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  • Ðonne hió hie selfe tóweorpeþ út of hiere selfre

    cum se extra semetipsam ejicit,

    • Past. 38;
    • Swt. 277, 24.

  • Ne bið naut his (the wise man's) lare fremful, zif he mid wercan towerpeð his bodunge,

    • O. E. Homl. i. 109, 7.

  • þatt temmple wass all þurrh hæþenn follc toworrpenn,

    • Orm. 16277.
O. Frs. tó-, ti-werpa
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O. Sax. te-werpan to scatter, to destroy
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O. H. Ger. zer-, ze-werfan dissipare, disjicere, dispergere, destruere, demoliri
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Ger. zer-werfen.
Linked entries
v.  te-weorpan tó-torfian tó-wurpan tó-wyrpan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “tó-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/30931.

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