aweorpan

From Proto-Germanic *uzwerpaną. Equivalent to ā- +‎ weorpan.

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈwe͜or.pɑn/, [ɑːˈwe͜orˠ.pɑn]

āweorpan

1. to throw out or away
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"

     ...and āwearp his wǣpna...

     ...and threw away his weapons,...

2. to reject
3. to throw off, free oneself from
4. to expel
5. to abort (a fetus)
6. to shed (skin)
   • c. 992, Ælfric, "The Tenth Sunday After Pentecost"

     Sēo nǣdre āwierpþ ǣlċe ġēare hire ealdan haman, and biþ þonne befangen mid ælnīewum felle.

     Snakes shed their old skin every year, and then are covered with all-new skin.

• āworpennes

• ǣwyrp

• Middle English: awerpen

• onweġ weorpan