aweorpan

Meaning

1. to throw out or away

   ...and āwearp his wǣpna...

   ...and threw away his weapons,...

   late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"

2. to reject

3. to throw off, free oneself from

4. to expel

5. to abort (a fetus)

6. to shed (skin)

   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.

   c. 992, Ælfric, "The Tenth Sunday After Pentecost"

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