Old English · noun
forþweg
Normalised forþweġ
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈforθˌwej/[ˈforˠðˌwej]
- Syllables
- ˈforθ · ˌwej (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- onwardpathcourse
Meaning
-
path of departure, onward course, journey
ferede in forðweġe; · sumne fugel ōþbær ofer hēanne holm; · sumne sē hāra wulf dēaðe ġedǣlde, · sumne drēoriġhlēor in eorðsċræfe · eorl ġehȳdde.
proud by the wall. The war took away some men, carried into the forth-way; a bird bore away someone over deep sea; the grey wolf shared someone with death; a sad-faced warrior hid someone in earthen cave.
wlonc bī wealle. · Sume wīġ fornōm,
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *forþweg. Cognate with Old Saxon forđweg. Equivalent to forþ- + weġ.
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