forwerpen
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old English forweorpan (“to throw away, cast out, reject”), from Proto-Germanic *frawerpaną; equivalent to for- + werpen.
Cognate with Dutch verwerpen (“to reject”), German verwerfen (“to reject, discard, dismiss”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editforwerpen
Conjugation
editConjugation of forwerpen (strong class 3)
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
References
edit- “forwerpen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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