toweorpan

Old English

Alternative forms

• tōwerpan, tōworpan, tōwurpan, tōwyrpan

Etymology

Equivalent to tō- +‎ weorpan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toːˈwe͜or.pɑn/, [toːˈwe͜orˠ.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 3)

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

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “TŌWEORPAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “TŌWEORPAN supplemental input”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.