forþ-weard
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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
ge-wealc
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ꝥ gewealc þára ýða hwaðerode mid windum, Ap. Th. 11, 1. Add
heáfod-weard
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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
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Guarding the (lord's) head. Add: See Kemble's Saxons in England, ii. 63
heáfod-weard
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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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grund-weall
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Add: physical. the foundation of a building Hús bútan grundwealle, Lk. 6, 49. Swylce eall seó cyrice wǽre tóworpen fram þam grundweallum ( a fundamentis ), Gr. D. 236, 14. the lowest part of a mountain Grundwellas munta, Ps. L. 17, 8. figurative. of
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
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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
ofdúne-weard
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Downward, down Ꝥ áborstene clif hreás ofdúneweard (ofdún-, v. l. ), Gr. D. 12, 10. Hé áfeóll ofdúneweard (ofdún-, v. l.) (nyðerweard hreás, v. l. ), 24, 25
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
stán-weall
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Þæt wæter stód him on twá healfa swilce óðer stánweall, Hml. Th. ii. 194, 22. Úp oð ðone ealdan stánweall . . . on stánwealles bróc, C. D. iii. 416, 12-22. Add
súþ-weard
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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
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Hé gewende súðweard mid fulre fyrde, Chr. 1013; P. 143, 20. Add
ufe-weard
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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,