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ge-weorp

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Dele ' A throwing, . . . dashing, ' and for first passage substitute
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  • Him þá beorna breogo, þǽr hé on bolcan sæt, ofer waroða geweorp wið þingode

    with him (Andrew) the prince of men, from his seat on the gangway, across the sands held parley

    (the boat was close to land, cf. in ceól stigon ellenrófe,
      349, so
    that the words spoken passed over the beach, not over water), An. 306.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. ge-werf collecta, con/ati o.]
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v. sand-geweorp.
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