Old English · adverb
hamweard
- Part of speech
- adverb
- IPA
- /ˈxɑːm.wæ͜ɑrd/[ˈhɑːm.wæ͜ɑrˠd]
- Syllables
- ˈxɑːm · wæ͜ɑrd (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- homeward
Meaning
-
homeward; in the direction of home
An. DCCCLV Hēr hǣþene men ǣrest on Sċeapiġġe ofer winter sǣtan...⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare [Aþelwulf cing] ferde to Rōme mid myċelre weorðnesse ⁊ þǣr wæs XII mōnoð wuniġende, ⁊ him þā hāmweard fōr ⁊ him þā Carl Francna cing his dohtor ġēaf him tō cwēne, ⁊ æfter þām tō his lēodum cōm...
Year 855 In this year the heathens stayed on Sheppey over the winter for the first time...And in the same year [King Athelwulf] went to Rome with much honor, and stayed there for twelve months. And them he went towards home and King Carl [the Bald] of the Franks gave him his daughter as a queen, and after that Athelwulf returned to his people.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *haimawarda, equivalent to hām (“home”) + -weard.
Descendants
homeward
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