Fór-weard

Old English Dictionary Entry

Fór-weard

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: fore-weard;

Definitions

1 fór-weard

adj. Forward, fore; antĕrior :-- Is se fugel fæger fórweard hiwe the bird is fair of hue in front [forward]. Exon. 60 a; Th. 218, 8; Ph. 291. Fórweard heáfod the forehead; frons [obcăput, Wrt. Voc. 64, 26]. Hig beóþ on forwearde and gé on æfteweard ipse ĕrit in căput et tu ĕris in caudam, Deut. 28, 44. adj. for-weard

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᚱ-ᚹᛠᚱᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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