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edisc-weard

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Ediscueard (-uard) broellarius, Txts. 45, 525. Ediscweard, Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 24: 11, 64. Add

geat-weard

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Be ðæs mynstres geatwearde ( ostiario). Tó þæs mynstres geate sý geatweard geset . . . Se geatweard (porterius ) sceal cýtan habban wið þæt geat, R. Ben. 126, 14-19. Heó becóm tó þám mynstre . . . þá eóde se geatweard tó þám abbode, and cwæð him tó :

forþ-weard

(adv.)
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forþ-weard, adv.
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expressing motion, moving onwards 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

heáfod-weard

(n.)
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heáfod-weard, m.
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Add: One who performs heáfod-weard (see next word), one who is on guard Heáfodweardas excubitores, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 16

heáfod-weard

(n.)
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heáfod-weard, f.
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Guarding the (lord's) head. Add: See Kemble's Saxons in England, ii. 63

heáfod-weard

(n.)
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heáfod-weard, a title of a section of a book, heading of a chapter.
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Gesaegd aron heáfudwearda ðára réda exbliciunt cabitula lectionum, Mt. p. 20, 9. Onginneð heáfudweardo incipiunt capitulae, Mk. p. 1, 1. Add

hæg-weard

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healf-weard

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Dele

innan-weard

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In 1. 4 after B. 1976 add cf. innor; II

lást-weard

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Add: a follower Lástðwerdas sequipedas Angl. xiii. 31, 97

irfe-weard

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Gewriten yrfeweard legaturius, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 2. Éghwylc ðára erfewearda ðe æfter him tó ðǽm londe fóe . . . Ðás gewriotu sión getrymed mé and mínum ærfeweardum. Gif. . . gesibbra ærfeweard forð cymeð wépnedhádes, C. D. ii. 121, 12-27. Monega land

mylen-weard

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Gif hé smeáwyrhtan hæfd, ðám hé sceal tó tólan fylstan: mylewerde, sútere . . . Angl. ix. 263, 18. Add

norþ-weard

(adv.)
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norþ-weard, adv.
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Þonne se dæg langað þonne gǽð seó sunne norðweard . . . Ðonne heó norðweard byð, þonne macað heó lenctenlice emnihte on middeweardum hyre ryne, Lch. iii. 250, 20-25. Add

ongeán-weard

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Chr. 963; P. 117, 1. Add: [Cf. ongeánward in the opposite direction, v. N. E. D. again-ward.] See next word

on-weard

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Add: hostile Hwí is se deófol swá onweard (-werd, v. l.) þám men? cur diabolus tam infestus est hominum saluti ? Angl. vii. 8, 64. Hé wæs ðám Crístenum onweard (-werd, v. l. ), Hml. S. 5, 369

súþ-weard

(adj.)
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súþ-weard, adj.
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Southward, south Þæt þridde heáfodríce wæs þæt Affricanum, and on súðweardum, Ors. 2, 1; S. 60, 4. v. súþe-weard

súþ-weard

(adv.)
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súþ-weard, adv.
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Hé gewende súðweard mid fulre fyrde, Chr. 1013; P. 143, 20. Add

ufe-weard

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ufe-weard, <b>. I.</b>
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add: ofe-weard Strýc þú of ufwerdum heáfde mid þínum twám scytefingran nyþerweard, Tech. ii. 119, 17. Andlang mearce on ðone gáran ufwerdne, C. D. v. 356, 17. Gyndleccing ofeweard . . . gyndleccing neaþewerd inriguum superius . . . inriguum inferius,

un-wealt

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wearg-cwedolness

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Þæs wirigcwedolnesse cuius malediclione (Ps. g. 28), E. S. 49, 358. Add