Lást-weard

Old English Dictionary Entry

Lást-weard

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 lást-weard

m. One who keeps in the steps of another, a successor, pursuer :-- Ðone lástweard, his swǽsne sunu [Isaac], Cd. 162; Th. 203, 7; Exod. 400. Wræcmon gebád láðne lástweard the fugitive awaited the foe that followed, 148; Th. 186, 13; Exod. 138. Ús is swíðe uncúþ hwæt úre yrfeweardas and lástweardas getreówlíces dón willon efter úrum lífe it is quite unknown to us how faithfully our heirs and successors will act after our death, Blickl. Homl 51, 36. Ic ne míne lástweardas neither I nor my successors, Chart. Th. 29, 12. last-weard

Runic Inscription

ᛚᚪᛋᛏ-ᚹᛠᚱᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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