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towards one's place of abode (temporary or permanent). Cf. hám; VII. I
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  • Sé ðe þyder (

    to church

    ) mid clǽnum móde færð . . . and tó Gode georne þencð . . ., hé þe blíðra mæg syððan hámwerd eft gewendan,
      Wlfst. 281, 24.
a. (arrived)
at one's place of abode
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  • Þá wé hámweard wǽron

    cum venissemus ad diversorium,

      Gen. 43, 21.
of a body of people, e.g. troops,
towards the place or district dwelt in by them, on the way home, cf. hám;
2.
with substantive verb
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  • þá hié þá hámweard wǽron, þá métton hié micelne sciphere,

      Chr. 885; P. 78, 18: 911; P. 96, 13: Ors. 2, 4; S. 70, 19: 3, 11; S. 152, 20.

  • Þá hié from ðǽre byrg hámweard wǽron,

      S. 144, 28.
with verb of motion
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  • Þonne hié hámweard fóran, þonne sceoldan hiera senatus rídan wiðæftan þǽm consulum,

      Ors. 2, 4; S. 70, 27.

  • Israhéla folc mid sige wendon him hámweard,

      Hml. A. 113, 379.

  • Se cyng þá hámweard gewende,

      Chr. 1095; P. 231, 24.
towards one's native country, on the way home. Cf. hám;
3.
with substantive verb
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  • Hé mid heora here wæs in Asiam ; þá burgware bǽdon ꝥ hié tídlíce hámweard wǽre

    Agesilaus, arcessitus ex Asia,

      Ors. 3, 1; S. 98, 14.

  • Mid þǽre herehýþe Rómáne oferhlæstan heora scipa þá hí hámweard wǽron

    cum Romana classis ad Italiam praedis onusta remearet,

      4, 6; S. 176, 18.
with verb of motion
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  • Þá hié hámweard wendon, ealle Asiam hié geniéddon ꝥ hié him gafol gulden,

      Ors. 1, 10; S. 44, 17.

  • Hí fóron tó Róme and gebidan mycele earfoðnysse þá hí hámward fóran,

      Chr. 1061; P. 191, 2.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hám-weard.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/51701.

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