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forþ-weard

  • adjective
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Grammar
forþ-weard, -werd; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§637;
in a forward direction, forward; prōnus
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  • Forþweard

    forward,

    • Exon. 106 a
    • ;
    • Th. 403, 25
    • ;
    • Rä. 22, 13: 126 b
    • ;
    • Th. 487, 4
    • ;
    • Rä. 72, 23.
  • Á swá hit forþwerdre beón sceolde, swá wæs hit lætre

    always as it should be more forward, so was it later,

    • Chr. 999
    • ;
    • Erl. 134, 32.
tending towards any one; ălĭquem versus tendens
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  • Forþweard to ðé

    tending towards thee,

    • Ps. Cot. 50, 79
    • ;
    • Ps. Grn. ii. 278, 79.
everlasting, continual; sempĭternus
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  • Ic forþweardne gefeán hæbbe

    I have everlasting joy,

    • Exon. 64 a
    • ;
    • Th. 236, 4
    • ;
    • Ph. 569.
  • Fremum forþweardum

    with continual benefits,

    • Cd. 12
    • ;
    • Th. 13, 29
    • ;
    • Gen. 210.
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Word-wheel

  • forþ-weard, adj.