forþ-weard
- adjective
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Þæs sylfa þeáw lange on Angelcynnes mynstrum forþweard wæs,
- Lch. iii. 434, 20. For
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Mé (a plough) þurh hrycg wrecen hongað under án orþoncpíl, óðer on heáfde fæst and forðweard fealleð on sídan, Rä. 22, 13. (1 a) fig.
inclined towards
:-- Ontýn eárna hleóðor, þæt mín gehérnes hehtful weorðe ... forðweard tó þé,- Ps. C. 79.
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Ic (
a lance
) hwílum éðelfæsten forðweard brece,- Rä. 72, 23.
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Á swá hit forðweard[r]e (-werdre, -wærdre,
v. ll.
) beón sceolde, swá hit lætre wæs,- Chr. 999; P. 133, 6.
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ꝥ him lifiendum wǽre ꝥ tó wíte ꝥ þám forðweardan (forðfarenum,
v. l.
) men bið tó reste,- Mart. H. 162, 8.
Bosworth, Joseph. “forþ-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/46092.
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