onweg weorpan

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Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *in weg werpan. Cognate with Dutch wegwerpen and German wegwerfen.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /onˈwej ˌwe͜or.pɑn/, [onˈwej ˌwe͜orˠ.pɑn]

Verb

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onweġ weorpan

  1. to throw away
    • c. 897, King Alfred's translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care
      Þonne wē unferfōþ þone hwǣte æt Gode, þonne wē onġietaþ inweardlīċe þā ǣ and onwrēoþ þā dēaglan cwidas, swelċe wē nimen þone clǣnan hwǣte and weorpen þæt ċeaf onweġ.
      We receive the wheat from God when we inwardly understand the law and reveal the obscure sayings, as if we're taking the pure wheat and throwing away the chaff.

Conjugation

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See weorpan.