Old English · verb
toweorpan
Normalised tōweorpan
- Part of speech
- verb
- Verb class
- strong class III
- IPA
- /toːˈwe͜or.pɑn/[toːˈwe͜orˠ.pɑn]
- Syllables
- toː · ˈwe͜or · pɑn (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- demolishoverturn
Meaning
-
to throw in different directions, scatter, disperse
-
to overturn, destroy, demolish
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...
late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
Conjugation
| Present | Past | |
|---|---|---|
| Indicative | ||
| 1st singular | tōweorpe | tōwearp |
| 2nd singular | tōwierpst | tōwurpe |
| 3rd singular | tōwierpþ | tōwearp |
| Plural | tōweorpaþ | tōwurpon |
| Subjunctive | ||
| Singular | tōweorpe | tōwurpe |
| Plural | tōweorpen | tōwurpen |
| Form | |
|---|---|
| Infinitive | tōweorpan |
| Inflected infinitive | tōweorpenne |
| Imperative singular | tōweorp |
| Imperative plural | tōweorpaþ |
| Present participle | tōweorpende |
| Past participle | tōworpen |
All forms (14)
Etymology
Equivalent to tō- + weorpan.
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