toweard

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

+ -weard

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /toːˈwæɑ̯rd/, [toːˈwæɑ̯rˠd]

Preposition

tōweard

  1. toward (with genitive or dative)

Adjective

tōweard

  1. future
    Hæfst þū mīn tōwearde wīf ġemētt?
    Have you met my future wife?
    • c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
      Þrī tīda sind on ǣlcum worde: andweard tīd, forðġewiten tīd, and tōweard tīd.
      There are three tenses for every verb: present tense, past tense, and future tense.
  2. coming; impending, approaching
    se tōwearda winter
    the coming winter
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, On the Seasons of the Year
      Menn magon cēpan be þæs mōnan blēo hwilċ weder tōweard biþ.
      People can observe from the color of the moon what kind of weather is coming.
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Passion of the Apostles Simon and Jude"
      Hīe ġewunode on ġehwilcre byrġ oþ þæt hīe ġeāxodon þā apostolas tōwearde.
      They stopped in every town until they heard that the apostles were on the way there.
    • c. 900, The Consolation of Philosophy
      Þēah hē nū nāwiht elles næbbe ymb tō sorgiġenne, þæt him mæġ tō sorge þæt hē nāt hwæt him tōweard biþ.
      Even if right now he has nothing else to worry about, it can still bother him that he doesn’t know what’s in store for him.

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