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Old English · adjective

framweard

Normalised frāmweard

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈfrɑːm.wæ͜ɑrd/
[ˈfrɑːm.wæ͜ɑrˠd]
Syllables
ˈfrɑːm · wæ͜ɑrd (2 syllables)
Modern English
fromwarddepartingdepartturned

Meaning

  1. fromward

  2. turned away from, having one's face or back turned away, departing, about to depart

    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.

    10th century, The Seafarer:

Declension

Strong declension of framweard
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative frāmweardfrāmweardfrāmweard
Accusative frāmweardnefrāmweardefrāmweard
Genitive frāmweardesfrāmweardrefrāmweardes
Dative frāmweardumfrāmweardrefrāmweardum
Instrumental frāmweardefrāmweardrefrāmwearde
Plural
Nominative frāmweardefrāmweardafrāmweardefrāmweard
Accusative frāmweardefrāmweardafrāmweardefrāmweard
Genitive frāmweardrafrāmweardrafrāmweardra
Dative frāmweardumfrāmweardumfrāmweardum
Instrumental frāmweardumfrāmweardumfrāmweardum
Weak declension of framweard
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative frāmweardafrāmweardefrāmwearde
Accusative frāmweardanfrāmweardanfrāmwearde
Genitive frāmweardanfrāmweardanfrāmweardan
Dative frāmweardanfrāmweardanfrāmweardan
Instrumental frāmweardanfrāmweardanfrāmweardan
Plural
Nominative frāmweardanfrāmweardanfrāmweardan
Accusative frāmweardanfrāmweardanfrāmweardan
Genitive frāmweardrafrāmweardenafrāmweardrafrāmweardenafrāmweardrafrāmweardena
Dative frāmweardumfrāmweardumfrāmweardum
Instrumental frāmweardumfrāmweardumfrāmweardum

All forms (10)

Etymology

frām (“from”) + -weard

Descendants

fromward

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