be-weorpan
- verb [ strong ]
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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.
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Hwæt bewearp ðé on ðás gnornunga
what has cast thee into these lamentations?
- Bt. 7, 2; Fox 16, 25.
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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.
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Ic wæs hér unscildig on pytt beworpen
I was thrown here innocent into a dungeon,
- Gen. 40, 15.
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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.
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Hafaþ fægerne eard wætre beworpen
it hath a fair dwelling surrounded with water,
Runic pm.- 28; Kmbl. 345, 8; Hick. Thes. i. 135.
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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