Weste-weard

Old English Dictionary Entry

Weste-weard

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 weste-weard

adj. Westward, west, western part of the noun to which the word refers :-- Se westsúþende Európe landgemirce is in Ispania westeweardum et ðæm gársecge Europae in Hispania occidentalis oceanus terminus est, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 8, 24. Ðá ðá hé wæs on eásteweardum ðissum middangearde, ða from him ondrédan ðe wǽron on westeweardum . . . Him ða swíþe hiene ondrédan ðe on westeweardum ðisses middangeardes wǽron, 3, 9 ; Swt. 136, 6-23. On ðone westmestan mylengear westeweardne, Cod. Dip. B. ii. 305, 23. Eall ðes middangeard from eásteweardum óð westeweardne, Bt. 16, 4; Fox 58, 11 : 29, 3;Fox 106, 22. From eásteweardan ðisses middangeardes óð westeweardne, 18, 2; Fox 62, 1. Gehergade Ecgbryht cyning on West-Walas from eásteweardum óþ westewearde, Chr. 813; Erl. 62, 2. weste-weard

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ᚹᛖᛋᛏᛖ-ᚹᛠᚱᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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