Ongeán-weardes

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ongeán-weardes

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: ) Towards

Definitions

1 ongeán-weardes

prep. (ad :-- Ic ne mæg mé ongeánweardes þé gewenden, Hml. S. 23 b, 206. Teoligende his cneówu tó bígenne hire ongeánweardes, 686. [Wæs gesæwen swilce se beám (the tail of the comet) ongeánweardes wið þes steorran (the nucleus) ward fýrcliende wǽre the light of the tail seemed to be streaming towards, instead of from, the nucleus, Chr. 1106 ; P. 240, 23.] ongean-weardes

Runic Inscription

ᚩᛝᛖᚪᚾ-ᚹᛠᚱᛞᛖᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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