(a) To hurl (sb. or sth.), fling, throw, cast;—also refl.; also fig. and in fig. contexts; of a whale: spew (water), spout; drop (a substance into another substance); also, with adverbs: ~ awei (in, etc.); (b) to thrust or throw a weapon; throw something (at sb.) to harass; hurl stones or other missiles by means of a war engine; also, of a war engine: shoot, fire; ~ with spere (wepenes); (c) to hurl (a missile, weapon, thunderbolt, etc.); shoot (an arrow); pelt (sb., an animal with stones, etc.); attack (sb. with a weapon); also fig.; (d) ~ (doun, to ded) with stones, to pelt (sb.) to death with stones, execute (sb.) by stoning; ~ stones, carry out an execution by throwing stones at someone; (e) to scatter (seed), sow (beans); also fig.; (f) to cast (a net); also fig.; (g) fig. of Fortune: to cast (lots); (h) to leap, jump, spring; refl. fling oneself (into the saddle); (i) to fall, hurtle; of a structure: collapse; (j) ~ doun, refl. to lie down; throwen doun, prostrate; (k) to fling (one's arms around sb., one's legs one over the other); (l) hawk. to let fly (a falcon), toss into the air to seek prey.

(a) To throw (sb.) in combat, wrestling, etc., bring (sb.) down; knock or pull (a rider from his horse), unseat (a mounted opponent); bring down (an animal in battle, a hunt, etc.), knock down (a bird on the wing); also fig. and in fig. contexts; ~ adoun (doun, under); (b) ~ adoun (doun), ~ to erthe, to pull or knock down (a statue, structure), demolish; knock over (a tree, bush), uproot; cut down (a woods), fell; also fig. and in fig. context; (c) fig. ~ doun, to defeat (sb., peoples); bring (someone's name) into disrepute; also, bring (sb.) into a state of despair; ~ from ses, depose (kings), overthrow; ~ in-to a wer, cast (sb.) into a state of doubt; ~ loue (under fot), bring (sb.) to misfortune or ruin; ben throwen adoun, be downcast, be dejected; ben al-to throwen, ?be greatly troubled or undone (by sth.).

(a) To carry (a bodily substance from one part of the body to another); cook. force (sth. through a strainer); ~ awei, push or shove (sb. or sth.) away; kick (sth.) away, spurn [2nd quot.]; drive or force (a bodily substance from one part of the body to another); remove (sth.) by shaking [quot. a1398, 4th]; ~ oute, eject (sb. from a place, someone's presence), thrust out bodily; remove (the saltiness from sea water); expel (a substance from the body or a part of the body), evacuate; also in fig. context; also, expel something from the body [quot. ?c1425, 3rd]; (b) to exile (sb.), banish; separate (sb. from his heritage, the love of God); to discard (sth.); ~ oute, expel (sb., angels), drive out; (c) ~ from, to put off from (oneself a fit or state of madness); ~ oute of, banish (a desire, the love of God, etc.) from (man, the mind, heart); also, with adverbs: ~ afer (awei), reject (sb. or sth.), renounce, cast off, discard; also, put away (love from sb.); ~ doun, ?of the terms of a grant: be disregarded; ~ of, break off (an agreement).

(a) To emit (beams of light), send forth; ~ oute; (b) to cast (one's gaze); (c) ?to toss off (a cup of wine), quaff; (d) fig. ~ ambiguites and doutes (doutes and ambiguites), to raise doubts (as to someone's loyalty, allegiance, etc.), cast aspersions.

(a) To extend (to sb.), reach; (b) ~ at large, to make (sth.) freely accessible, give (sth.) without restraint; (c) with adv.: ~ to, to increase (discomforts).

(a) To curl (hair); turn (sth.) on a lathe; also, fashion (sth.), craft; ppl. throwen, turned on a lathe; crafted, fashioned; also, of strands of raw silk: twisted together into thread; (b) ~ up eien to heven, to raise (one's) eyes to heaven, look up to the heavens; throwen upward, of the eyes in their sockets: rolled upward; (c) to bind up (a horse's tail, forelock); (d) thikke throwen, of the thighs: ?well knit, muscular; (e) ~ awei, to hang (the head).

To move about with great agitation; writhe; of the sea: heave, toss, roil; also, of waves, wind: toss (sb. or sth.); ppl. throwing as adj.: heaving, tossing.

(a) To set (sb. or sth. somewhere), place; fig. impose (sth. on sb.); set (one's heart on sb.); ~ doun preieres, present (one's) supplications (before sb.); thrughes to ~ in, tombs to be placed in; throwen thikke, of persons, structures: placed closely together, closely set; ?also, crammed or compressed tightly [last quot.]; (b) to crowd; ~ biforen other, crowd or press ahead of another; ~ togeder, fig. gather together (doctrines), pile up; on throwen hepes, in jumbled heaps; (c) to insert or propel (a substance into a part of the body); also, implant (in sb. a soul or life); also, with adv.: ~ in, insert (the feet into a device); put (a substance) into the body (at the nostrils); (d) to place (sb. somewhere) forcibly, throw (sb. into prison), throw (sb. to the wild beasts in the arena); ~ doun; (e) ~ abouten, to put (a girdle) about (a dragon's neck); ~ on (upon), put (a garment, ornamental trappings) on (oneself, a horse), esp. hastily or abruptly; also, with adv.: ~ on, put on (a helmet), don.

(a) Of thunder: to peal; (b) ~ forth, to give vent to (one's wrath); ~ up, heave (a sigh), utter; (c) to offer or afford (sb. a threat).

(a) To draw (the wits to a certain kind of behavior), induce, incline; also, draw or pull (sth.) away (from a place); (b) refl. to tend (toward a color), be inclined;— ?error for drauen v.; (c) ben throwen, to be put into a state or condition; ben clene throwen, be rendered spiritually clean; throwen naked, laid bare, bared.

(a) In proverb; (b) in surname.