† to-ˈwarp, v. Obs.
Forms: see warp.
[OE. toweorpan, f. to-2 + weorpan to throw, warp v. = OFris. to-, tiwerpa, OS. tewerpan (LG. tewerpan), OHG. za-, ziwerphan, -werfan, MHG. ze-, zerwerfen, Ger. zerwerfen.]
trans. To throw about, throw down, overthrow, destroy; also fig.
| c 888 K. ælfred Boeth. xxxv. §4 Þa sceolde he sendan þunras & liᵹeta & windas, & toweorpan eall hira ᵹeweorc mid. c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Matt. xxiv. 2 Ne bið her læfed stan uppan stane þe ne beo to-worpen. c 1000 ælfric Hom. II. 510 Mennisce handa hit ne mihton towurpan. c 1200 Ormin 14861 Þe sæ wass þær Dun till þe grund toworrpenn. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 161 Storemes falleð in þe sæ and to⁓worpeð hit. |