Obs. [OE. torfian to throw, cast.] trans. To throw, cast.
c. 1000. Ags. Gosp., Mark xii. 41. Ða sæt se hælend & ʓeseah hu þæt folc hyra feoh torfude on þone toll-sceamul, & maneʓa weliʓe torfudon fela.
c. 1122. O. E. Chron., an. 1083. Þa Frencisce men bræcen þone chor & torfedon to wærd þam weofode þær ða munecas wæron.
c. 1175. To-toruion [see TO-2 1].
1205. Lay., 16703. Samuel ꝥ sweord an-hof & al to-swadde þene king & þa stucchen tarueden [c. 1275 toruede] Wide ȝeond þa straten.
a. 1250. Owl & Night., 1119. Stones hi doþ in heore slytte & þe to-torueþ.