eorþ-weard
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Substitute for 'An earth-guard,' what guards a land, a fortress, and add leóda fæsten after lígdraca
fird-weard
Similar entry: fyrd-weard
forþ-weard
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Add:to <b>III:</b> continued, carried on. Cf. forþ, 3 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 Mé (a plough) þurh hrycg
fram-weard
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Substitute: With the face turned away, having the back turned to another Geseoh ꝥ hé sié tóweard þonne þú ingange ...; gif hé þé sié framweard, ne grét þú hine, Lch. ii. 352, 20. Ðone fromweardan hé ciégeð aversum revocat, Past. 407, 11
hám-weard
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Add: towards one's place of abode (temporary or permanent). Cf. hám; <b>VII. I</b> Sé ðe þyder ( to church ) mid clǽnum móde færð . . . and tó Gode georne þencð . . ., hé þe blíðra mæg syððan hámwerd eft gewendan, Wlfst. 281, 24. a. (arrived
hláf-weard
A steward ⬩ major-domo
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A steward, major-domo, Hé sette hine on his húse tó hláfwearde (printed hálf-) constituit eum dominum domus suae Ps. Th. 104, 17
Linked entries: healf-weard hláford
hors-weard
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Add: Perhaps as horsweard is coupled with heáfodweard (q. v.), the duty of the geneát, which has this name, was the care of the lord's horses when out on an expedition
inne-weard
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<b>. I.</b> as adj. physical Inneweard eáre auris, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 22. Inneweard þeóh femina, 36, 48. non-physical Swá hwá swá wille dióplíce spirigan mid inneweardan móde æfter ryhte quisquis profunda mente vestigat verum. Bt. 35, 1;
in-weard
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Swá hwilc man swá hine lufað mid clǽnre and mid inweardre heortan, Hml. A. 168, 123: 178, 279. Oþ inwyrde swétnesse ad medullam i. ad intima, An. Ox. 175
in-weard
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Suá huelc suá inweard hígige tó gangenne on ðá dura ðæs écean lífes quisquis intrare aeternitatis januam nititur, Past. 105, 14. Add
niþer-weard
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Nyþerwyrd in praeceps. An. Ox. 3668 (= Hpt. Gl. 499, 56 [ not 66]). Add
of-weard
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Absent Ealle ge onwearde ge ofwearde, Verc. Först. 170
Linked entry: æf-weard
regol-weard
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Add Ðe regluuard, Jn. L. 4, 51
sǽ-weard
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Add: In a charter granting land in Cornwall the land is freed 'ab omni regali censu excepta expeditione arcisue munimine et uigiliis marinis,' Cht. E. 295. See, too, Kemble, Saxons in England, ii. 63
strǽt-weard
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Guarding of roads De stretwarde. De qualibet hida in hundredo iiii. homines ad stretwarde invenientur . . . Et guardereve, id est prepositus custodum, habebit .xxx. hidas quietas pro labore suo, Ll. Th. i. 479, 25-29
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súþan-weard
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Southern (part of a place) Súþanweard hit hefdon Brittas, Chr. pref.; P. 3, 14
súþe-weard
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Þæt þridde heáfodríce wæs þæt Affricanum, and on súðeweardum. Ors. 2, 1; Bos. 38, 24. Add
tó-weard
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Add Þá wǽron Seaxan sécende intingan and tó-weardne (an occasion, and one in the immediate future) heora gedáles wið Bryttas quaerentes occasionem diuortii, Bd. 1. 15; Sch. 42, 26. 1 a a. without inflexion Leoniþa sǽde þæt þá tída þá yfele wǽron and
þider-weard
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Add: where a verb of motion is implied Geseah hé olfendas þyderweard vidit camelos venientes procul, Gen. 24, 63. Ðá þá hé þágíta wæs feorron þyderweard adhuc longe positum, Gr. D. 37, 15