forwerpen
Middle English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to cast out, reject, abandon, banish
- (transitive) to shed, cast off
- (transitive) to renounce, forsay
- (transitive) to waste
- (transitive) to neglect; to refrain from doing
Etymology
Derived from Old English forweorpan (reject, throw away, cast out, drive off, throw, cast down, squander).
Origin
Old English
forweorpan
Gloss
reject, throw away, cast out, drive off, throw, cast down, squander
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- forwerp English
- warp English
- forweorpan Old English
- weorpan Old English