Obs. [OE. torfian to throw, cast.] trans. To throw, cast.

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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.

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c. 1122.  O. E. Chron., an. 1083. Þa Frencisce men bræcen þone chor & torfedon to wærd þam weofode þær ða munecas wæron.

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c. 1175.  To-toruion [see TO-2 1].

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1205.  Lay., 16703. Samuel ꝥ sweord an-hof … & al to-swadde þene king … & þa stucchen tarueden [c. 1275 toruede] Wide ȝeond þa straten.

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a. 1250.  Owl & Night., 1119. Stones hi doþ in heore slytte & þe to-torueþ.

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