v. Obs. Forms: Inf. 1 aweorp-, awurp-, awyrp-an, 2 awerp-, 2–3 aworp-en, 3–4 awarp-e(n. Pa. t. 1 awearp, 1–2 awarp, 3 aweorp. Pa. pple. 1–3 aworpen, 3 awarpen. [f. A- pref. 1 away + weorpan to throw (see WARP); cogn. with OS. awerpan, Goth. uswairpan.]
1. To throw or cast away; to throw or cast down.
c. 1000. Ags. G., Matt. xxvii. 5. And he awearp þa scyllingas inon þæt tempel.
c. 1160. Hatton G.., Awarp.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 25. And awerpeð hine in to helle pine.
c. 1225. St. Marher., 5. Ha walden … awarpen me.
a. 1230. Ancr. R., 122. Þet a windes puf … mei auellen & aworpen into sunne.
2. To warp or twist out of shape.
c. 1300. Old Age, in E. E. P. (1862), 149. Eld me awarpeþ þat mi schuldern scharpiþ.
