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tó-weard

  • preposition
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tó-weard, prep.
Wright's OE grammar
§557; §559; §584; §637;
Toward, in the direction of.
with gen.
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  • Ða ðe gáþ on ryhtne weg tóweard ðæs hefonríces,

    • Past. 9;
    • Swt. 59, 19.

  • Hé wæs hym syððan tóweard hys scypes farende,

    • Homl. Ass. 190, 258.
with dat. or uncertain,
preceding the governed word
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  • Ðonne ærnaþ hý ealle tóweard ðæm feó,

    • Ors. 1, 1;
    • Swt. 20, 36.

  • Hí torfedon tówærd ðam weofode . . . and scotedon tóweard ðam hálig-dóme,

    • Chr. 1083;
    • Erl. 217, 17, 19.

  • Crist wæs tóweard ðære róde gelǽd,

    • Btwk. 214, 27.
following the governed word
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  • Hé eów onet tóweard

    mors propinquat,

    • Met. 27, 8.
where tó precedes and weard follows (cf. to God ward, to us ward in A. V.)
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  • Hé hine bær tó mynstre weard,

    • Homl. Th. i. 336, 12
      • :
    • Wulfst. 302, 26.

  • Hé went ǽfre ðone hricg tó ðære sunnan weard,

    • Lchdm. iii. 266, 24.

  • Tó scipan weard,

    • Chr. 1009;
    • Erl. 143, 11.

  • Hí wendon him tó ðære burge weard,

    • 1048; Erl. 178, 1.

  • Hí wǽron heom tó Lundene weard,

    • 1052; Erl. 185, 4.

  • Hé hét ðæt hé biheólde tó his Drihtne werd.

    • Homl. Skt. ii. 31, 78.
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Citation

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/30921.

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