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Old English · adjective

eastweard

Normalised ēastweard

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈæ͜ɑːs.twæ͜ɑrd/
[ˈæ͜ɑːs.twæ͜ɑrˠd]
Syllables
ˈæ͜ɑːs · twæ͜ɑrd (2 syllables)
Modern English
eastwardeast

eastweard1 · adjective

Senses

  1. eastward, in the east

    An. DCCCXIII Hēr Wulfrēd arċebisċeop mid bletsunge Leon þǣs papan hwearf eft tō his āgnum bisċeopdōme. ⁊ þȳ ġēare ġehergode Eċġbriht cing on Westwēalas frām ēasteweardum ōþ westwearde.

    Year 813 In this year Archbishop Wulfred returned to his own bishopdom with the blessing of Pope Leo [III]. And in that year King Edgebright ravaged the Celts of Cornwall from the east to the west.

    The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

Declension

Strong declension of eastweard
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative ēastweardēastweardēastweard
Accusative ēastweardneēastweardeēastweard
Genitive ēastweardesēastweardreēastweardes
Dative ēastweardumēastweardreēastweardum
Instrumental ēastweardeēastweardreēastwearde
Plural
Nominative ēastweardeēastweardaēastweardeēastweard
Accusative ēastweardeēastweardaēastweardeēastweard
Genitive ēastweardraēastweardraēastweardra
Dative ēastweardumēastweardumēastweardum
Instrumental ēastweardumēastweardumēastweardum
Weak declension of eastweard
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative ēastweardaēastweardeēastwearde
Accusative ēastweardanēastweardanēastwearde
Genitive ēastweardanēastweardanēastweardan
Dative ēastweardanēastweardanēastweardan
Instrumental ēastweardanēastweardanēastweardan
Plural
Nominative ēastweardanēastweardanēastweardan
Accusative ēastweardanēastweardanēastweardan
Genitive ēastweardraēastweardenaēastweardraēastweardenaēastweardraēastweardena
Dative ēastweardumēastweardumēastweardum
Instrumental ēastweardumēastweardumēastweardum

eastweard2 · adverb

Senses

  1. eastward

All forms (10)

Etymology

ēast + -weard

Descendants

eastward

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