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tó-weard

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tó-weard, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§557; §559; §584; §637;
used attributively,
in an indefinite sense,
future, that is to come
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  • Praesens tempus ys andwerd tíd . . .

    fufurum tempus

    is tówerd tíd,
      Ælfc. Gr. 20; 'Zup. 123, 17.

  • Big ðam ege ðæs tóweardan dómes

    de terrore futuri judicii,

      Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 15: Bt. 39, ll; Fóx 230, 12.

  • Tówurdre

    futurae,

      Hpt. Gl. 426, 48.

  • Tó fleónne tram ðan tóweardan yrre

    a futura ira.

      Mt. Kmbl. 3, 7.

  • On tóweardre worulde

    in saeculo futuro

      Mk. Skt. 10, 30 : Blickl. Homl. 15, 4.

  • Hé nolde ongytan ðone tówerdon deáþ

    (death that sometime will come),

      195, 17.

  • Ða misweaxendan bógas of áscreádian, ðæt ða tóweardan ðeónde beón,

      Homl. Th. ii. 74, 13. Áwrítan ðám tówerdum mannum to write for future generations, Homl. Skt. i. 21, II.
of the near future,
about to come, coming, at hand, approaching
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  • Se tówarda winter imminens hiems, Bd. 4, 1;

    S.

      564, 39.

  • On ðære tóweardan tíde ðe ðá neálǽhte niðða bearnum, Cd. Th. 77, 30;

    Gen.

    1283.

  • Hwylc tóweard yfel ðú ðé on neáhnysse forhtast

    quae ventura tibi in proximo mala formidas,

      Bd. 2, 12 ; S. 514, 1.
used predicatively,
referring to future circumstances, toward as in Shakespere, e. g. What might be
toward, that this sweaty haste Doth make the night joint labourer with the day, Hamlet i. I.
(that is) to happen or be some time or other, (that is)
to come
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  • Se ðe æfter mé tówerd ys

    qui post me venturus est,

      Mt. Kmbl. 3, 11.

  • Gif hé wiste on hwylcere tíde

    se

    þeóf tówerd wǽre,
      24, 43.

  • Georne wiste se Scyppend, hwæt tóweard wæs,

      Homl. Th. i. 112, 25.

  • Hé nát hwæt him tóweard biþ

    he knows not what is to happen to him,

      Bt. ll, I ; Fox 32, 13.

  • He wiste ðæt wíte ðæt him tóweard wæs,

      Blick. Homl. 77, 29.

  • Hé ys tóweard on micelre mǽgðe

    futurus sit in gentem magnam,

      Gen. 18, 18.

  • Se ðe waes tóweard tó ðisum middangearde,

      Homl. Th. i. 182, 24.

  • Hé is tóweard tó démenne ðás world,

      Blickl. Homl. 81, 35.

  • Ða þing ðe eów tówearde synd and hú eówer ǽlcon gebyreð ǽr his ende

    quae ventura sunt vobis in diebus novissimis.

      Gen. 49,
    Eallum mannum, ðám ðe nú sint and ðám ðe tówearde sint. Deut. 29, 15.
about to happen, (that is) to come soon, imminent, impending
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  • Mid ðý hé ongeat ðæt him deáþes dæg tóweard wæs

    cum diem sibi mortis imminere sensisset,

      Bd. 4, 11; S. 579, 24.

  • Tóweard ys ðæt Herodes sécþ ðæt cild tó forspillenne,

      Mt. 2, 13.

  • Ðonne wambádl tóweard sié

    when the disease is coming on,

      Lchdm. ii. 216, 19.

  • Tácn hú sió ádl tóweard sié,

      256, 21.

  • Hí gesáwon ðæt ðár tóweard wæs

    they saw what was about to happen,

      Lk. Skt. 22, 49.

  • Eów ys wuldorblǽd tóweard

    glory is about to come to you,

      Judth. Thw. 23, 35 ; Jud. 157.

  • Noe sægde, ðæt wæs þreálíc þing þeódum tóweard,

      Cd. Th. 79, 29; Gen. 1318.
where the time is fixed,
to take place, come to pass
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  • On ðære nihte ðe ðæt gefeoht on merigen tóweard wæs,

      Homl. Th. i. 504, 21.
marking motion, coming towards a place,
approaching, about to come
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  • Se Hǽlend geseah ðæt ðǽr wæs mycel mennisc tóweard (cf. se Hǽlend geseah ðæt micel folc com to him

    renit ad eum,

      Jn. Skt. 6, 5), Homl. Th. i. 182, 5.

  • Ða ongeáton hié ðæt se eádiga Michael ðǽr wæs tóweard they then perceived that the blessed Michael had come there (or had been present cf. hí undergeaton ðæt Michael ðæt tácen his andwerdnysse geswutelian wolde, Homl. Th. i. 506, 14), Blickl. Homl. 205, 2. (2 a) without inflection (or not adjective ? v. III. 1 a) :-- Lócian hwæþer hé ðæt land gecneowe ðæt hié tóweard wǽron

    speculari quam regionem teneret.

      Ors. 4, 10; Swt. 202, 3.
marking position, with the face towards a person,
facing
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  • Geseoh ðæt hé sié tóweard ðonne ðú in gange,

      Lchdm. ii. 352, 19,
used appositively,
referring to future events,
where the futurity is indefinite
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  • Ða hálgan ǽr Cristes cyme hyne tóweardne sægdon

    said he was to come,

      Blickl. Homl. 81, 31: Homl. Th. i. 354, 26, 32.

  • Hé him ðæt ríce tówerd sǽde

    he told him that the kingdom was in store for him,

      Guthl. 21; Gdwin. 96, 8.

  • Hé forestihte ðagecorenan tó ðam écan lífe, for ðan ðe hé wiste hí swilce tówearde

    he knew they were to become such,

      Homl. Th. i. 112, 32, 34.

  • Drihten ealle gód him symle fremfullíce tówearde dyde

    the Lord ever had in store for him all good things to his advantage,

      Lchdm. iii. 436, 23.

  • Sometimes the word occurs without the inflexion that seems required, v. II. 2 a; but perhaps in these cases the word should not be considered adjective. v. next word :-- Wítgan hine tóweard sǽdon,

      Blickl. Homl. 71, 29.

  • Ealle ða tácno & ða forebeácno ía ðe úre Drihten ǽr tóweard sægde,

      117, 31.

  • Hí geseóþ heora wuldor and heora wlite and blisse hym tóweard,

      Wulfst. 238, 21.
of an immediate future
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  • Her is úre sylfra forwyrd tóweard getácnod

    here is our own destruction shewn to be imminent,

      Judth. Thw. 25, 30 ; Jud. 286.

  • Se engel him sige tóweardne gehéht

    the angel promised them that victory should be theirs (on the morrow).

      Blickl. Homl. 201, 33: 117, 14.

  • Aidan dam scypfarendum ðone storm tówardne sægde (cf. sóna ðæs ðe gé on scyp ástígaþ ofer eów cymeð mycel storm, 32),

      Bd. 3, 15 ; S. 541, 16.

  • Hé foreseah Godes mynstrum micle frécnesse tówearde

    monasteriis periculum imminere praevidens,

      Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 46.

  • Hé wiste heora forwyrd hrædlíce tóweard,

      Homl. Th. i. 402, 12.
marking motion
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  • Ða leóde flugon ðá hié ðone here tóweardne wiston on ða burh Gerusalem

    the people fled when they knew that the Roman army was on the march to Jerusalem,

      Blickl. Homl. 79, 13.

  • Hí gewunodon on gehwilcere byrig, óð dæt hí geáxodon ða apostolas tówearde

    they stopped in every town until they learned that the apostles were on the way thither,

      Homl. Th. ii. 494, 2.
Etymology
[O. Sax. tó-ward.]
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v.  tó-ward.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “tó-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/30920.

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