Middle English Dictionary Entry
wurp n.
Entry Info
| Forms | wurp n. Also warp, wrp. |
| Etymology | OE wirp, wyrp; for form warp also cp. ME werpen v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A throwing, cast; eie ~, a casting of the eye, glance; also, in adv. phrase: the ~ of a ston, as far away as one can throw a stone.
Associated quotations
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)33/16 : Þis deorewurðe sahe king…þurh an ehe wurp [Tit: ehewarp] to a wummon as ha wesch hire lette ut his heorte & forȝet him seoluen.
- a1300 I-hereþ nv one (Jes-O 29)155 : Iesus from heom iwende þe wrp of o ston And gon hyne to abidde al him seolf on.