Middle English

Alternative forms

• forwarpen, forworpen, forwurpen

Verb

forwerpen (third-person singular simple present forwerpeth, present participle forwerpende or forwerpinge, simple past forwarp and forwurpen, past participle forworpen)

1. (transitive) to cast out, reject, abandon, banish
2. (transitive) to shed, cast off
3. (transitive) to renounce, forsay
4. (transitive) to waste
5. (transitive) to neglect; to refrain from doing

Descendants

• English: forwerp