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forþ-weard

  • adverb
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Grammar
forþ-weard, adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§637;
expressing motion,
moving onwards
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  • Mid þí þe hig ongunnon rówan and hí forðwerd wǽron on heora weg (they were making way), Ap. Th. 10, 24. (1 a) with a verb of motion,

    on, onwards

    :-- Nathan wæs forðwerd farende tóweard Rómána ríce,
      Hml. A. 181, 17.
temporal,
continuously
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  • Hé þeáh fægere forðwerd

    he went on thriving,

      Wlfst. 17, 8.
prospectively, looking to the future
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  • Þis gemet (the imperative mood) sprecð forðwerd (-weard, v. l.) and næfð nánne

    praeteritum,

    for þan þe nán man ne hǽt dón þæt ðe gedón byð,
      Ælfc. Gr. Z. 125, 5.
Etymology
[v. N. E. D. forthward. O. Sax. forð-werd.]
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Citation

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/46093.

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  • forþ-weard, adv.

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