toweorpan

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Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Equivalent to tō- +‎ weorpan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /toːˈwe͜or.pɑn/,

Verb

tōweorpan

  1. to throw in different directions, scatter, disperse
  2. (literal or figurative) to overturn, destroy, demolish
    • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
      Æfter þǣm Rōmeburg ġetimbred wæs V hunde wintrum ⁊ XXXIII, Hannibal, Pena cyning, besǣt Saguntum Ispania burg...⁊ þǣr wæs sittende eahta mōnaþ, oþ hē hīe ealle hungre ācwealde, ⁊ þā burg tōwearp....
      533 years after Rome was built, Hannibal, king of the Carthaginians, laid siege to Saguntum, a city in Hispania...and he sat there for eight months, until he killed them all with hunger, and destroyed the city...

Conjugation

Conjugation of tōweorpan (strong, class III)
infinitive tōweorpan tōweorpenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular tōweorpe tōwearp
second person singular tōwierpst tōwurpe
third person singular tōwierpþ tōwearp
plural tōweorpaþ tōwurpon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular tōweorpe tōwurpe
plural tōweorpen tōwurpen
imperative
singular tōweorp
plural tōweorpaþ
participle present past
tōweorpende tōworpen

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