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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *uzwerpaną. Equivalent to ā- + weorpan.
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āweorpan
- to throw out or away
- to reject
- to throw off, free oneself from
- to expel
- to abort (a fetus)
- to shed (skin)
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Tenth Sunday After Pentecost"
Sēo nǣdre āwierpþ ǣlċe ġēare hire ealdan haman, and biþ þonne befangen mid ælnīewum felle.- Snakes shed their old skin every year, and then are covered with all-new skin.
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