Obs. rare. In 1 wyrp, werp, 3 wrp. [OE. wyrp (= LG. wurp, MLG. and (M)Du. worp, a cast, throw, OHG. wurf, wurph, MHG., G. wurf), f. the weak grade of werp- WARP v.] A (stone’s) throw. Also fig. in eie wurp, a glance of the eye.
c. 950. Lindisf. Gosp., Luke xxii. 41. He ʓefearrad wæs from him sua micle woerp vel wyrp is stanes [Rushw. wyrp stanes is; Ags. Gosp. anes stanes wyrp; Hatton Gosp. werp].
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 56. Dauid … þurh on eie wurp to one wummon … lette vt his heorte.
c. 1275. Passion of our Lord, 155, in O. E. Misc., 41. Iesus from heom iwende þe wrp of o ston.
