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forþ-weard

  • adjective
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forþ-weard, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§637;
Add:to III: continued, carried on. Cf. forþ, 3
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  • Þæs sylfa þeáw lange on Angelcynnes mynstrum forþweard wæs,

      Lch. iii. 434, 20. For
and
substitute:
of direction in position,
inclined forwards. Cf. forþ, 1 a
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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.
of direction of motion,
advancing. Cf. forþ, 1 b
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  • Ic (

    a lance

    ) hwílum éðelfæsten forðweard brece,
      Rä. 72, 23.
expressing state reached,
forward, advanced. Cf. forþ, 4
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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.
departed, deceased. Cf. forþ, 6 a
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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.
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  • forþ-weard, adj.