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hám-weard

  • adverb
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hám-weard, adv.
Homeward, in the direction of home; domum versus, retro
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  • Ðá heó hámwerd wæs

    when it was on its way home,

    • H. R. 103, 24
      • .

  • Ðá hý hámweard wǽron

    when they were on the way home

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    • Ors. 4, 6
      • ;
    • Bos. 85, 38
      • ,

  • Égeas wearþ gelǽht fram atelícum deófle hámwerd be wege ǽrðan hé tó húse cóme

    Ægeas was seized by a horrible devil on the way home, before he came to his house,

    • Homl. Th. i. 598, 23
      • .

  • Æþelwulf ðá him hámweard fór

    Ethelwulf then journeyed homeward,

    • Chr. 855
      • ;
    • Erl. 68, 29: 885
      • ;
    • Erl. 82, 30
      • .

  • Se esne hig hámweard lǽdde tó his hláforde

    the servant brought her home to his lord,

    • Gen. 24, 61
      • .
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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/18103.

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