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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

  1. to throw in different directions, scatter, disperse

  2. 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

Conjugation of toweorpan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular tōweorpetōwearp
2nd singular tōwierpsttōwurpe
3rd singular tōwierpþtōwearp
Plural tōweorpaþtōwurpon
Subjunctive
Singular tōweorpetōwurpe
Plural tōweorpentōwurpen
Non-finite forms of toweorpan
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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