Old English · adjective
westweard
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /ˈwes.twæ͜ɑrd/[ˈwes.twæ͜ɑrˠd]
- Syllables
- ˈwes · twæ͜ɑrd (2 syllables)
westweard1 · adjective
Senses
westward, in the west
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
westweard2 · adverb
Senses
westward
Etymology
west + -weard
Descendants
westward
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