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  • Mið ðý forwarp

    rejecta [sindone ],

    • Mk. L. R. 14, 52.
fig., of reckless or fruitless expenditure
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  • Ðý lǽs mon unnytlíce mierre ðæt hé hæbbe, gehiéren menn ðisne cwide: 'Heald ðíne ælmessan, ðý lǽs ðú hié forweorpe,'

    • Past. 325, 4.

  • God nele ꝥ wé beón grǽdige gýtseras, ne eác for woruldgylpe forwurpan úre ǽhta,

    • Hml. S. 16, 330.

  • His feoh þe hé wénð ꝥ him forworpen sý ( lost to him by useless expenditure ),

    • 36, 150.
to throw out, cast out
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  • Dióblæs wé forworpon

    daemonia ejecimus,

    • Mt. L. 7, 22.

  • Ðegn forworpes ( eicite ),

    • 25, 30.

  • Ꝥ hé foruorpa

    ut eiciat,

    • 9, 38.

  • Ꝥte ðone diówl hé forwurpe ( eiceret ),

    • Mk. L. R. 7, 26.
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v. N. E. D. forwerpe.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “for-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/46144.

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