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tó-hweorfan

  • verb [ strong ]
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tó-hweorfan, p. -hwearf, pl. -hwurfen; pp. -hworfen
To go in different directions, to part, separate.
of two persons or parties
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  • Ða cyningas cómon tógædere and heora freóndscipe gefæstnodon ... And hí tóhwurfon ðá mid ðisum sehte,

      Chr. 1016; Erl. 159, 5 : 1091 ; Erl. 228, 8: 1093; Erl. 228, 39.
of many persons,
to disperse
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  • Eal seó fyrding tóhwearf. Chr. 1094 ; Erl. 230, 24.
  • Ecgbryht lǽdde fierd wiþ Norþanhymbre, and hié him eáþmēdo budon, and hié on ðam tóhwurfon,

      827; Erl. 64, 9.
  • Siendon wé tówrecene geond wídne•grund, heápum tóhworfene (-hworfne, Exon. Th. 186, 19; Az. 22)

    we are scattered in exile through the wide world, dispersed in bands,

      Cd. Th.235, 6; Dan. 302.
  • Cf. tó-cirran.
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