framweard
Old English
Alternative forms
- fromweard
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfrɑːm.wæ͜ɑrd/, [ˈfrɑːm.wæ͜ɑrˠd]
Adjective
frāmweard
- fromward
- turned away from, having one's face or back turned away, departing, about to depart
- 10th century, The Seafarer:
- Simle þrēora sum þinga ġehwylċe, ǣr his tīdeġe tō twēon weorþeð: ādl oþþe yldo oþþe eċġhete, fǣġum fromweardum feorh ōðþringeð.
- One of each of three things, before his fear of the time becomes a doubt: sickness or oldness or edge-hatred will always snatch away life from doomed beyond-gores.
Declension
Declension of frāmweard — Strong
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | frāmweard | frāmweard | frāmweard |
| Accusative | frāmweardne | frāmwearde | frāmweard |
| Genitive | frāmweardes | frāmweardre | frāmweardes |
| Dative | frāmweardum | frāmweardre | frāmweardum |
| Instrumental | frāmwearde | frāmweardre | frāmwearde |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | frāmwearde | frāmwearda, frāmwearde | frāmweard |
| Accusative | frāmwearde | frāmwearda, frāmwearde | frāmweard |
| Genitive | frāmweardra | frāmweardra | frāmweardra |
| Dative | frāmweardum | frāmweardum | frāmweardum |
| Instrumental | frāmweardum | frāmweardum | frāmweardum |
Declension of frāmweard — Weak
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | frāmwearda | frāmwearde | frāmwearde |
| Accusative | frāmweardan | frāmweardan | frāmwearde |
| Genitive | frāmweardan | frāmweardan | frāmweardan |
| Dative | frāmweardan | frāmweardan | frāmweardan |
| Instrumental | frāmweardan | frāmweardan | frāmweardan |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | frāmweardan | frāmweardan | frāmweardan |
| Accusative | frāmweardan | frāmweardan | frāmweardan |
| Genitive | frāmweardra, frāmweardena | frāmweardra, frāmweardena | frāmweardra, frāmweardena |
| Dative | frāmweardum | frāmweardum | frāmweardum |
| Instrumental | frāmweardum | frāmweardum | frāmweardum |
Descendants
- English: fromward
References
- Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “from-weard”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.