foreweard

== Old English == === Alternative forms === foreward === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfo.reˌwæ͜ɑrd/, [ˈfo.reˌwæ͜ɑrˠd] === Etymology 1 === From fore- +‎ -weard. ==== Adjective ==== foreweard forward, fore, former, early, prior ===== Declension ===== ===== Descendants ===== Middle English: foreward, forwardEnglish: forwardScots: forrit === Etymology 2 === From fore- +‎ weard (“ward, keeping”). ==== Noun ==== foreweard f an agreement, compact, treaty His brōðer griþ and forewarde eall æftercwæþ ― His brother renounced peace and treaties. (Chr. 1094; Erl. 229, 30, 31) Būton he ða forewarda gehēolde ― unless he kept the agreements, (Erl. 229, 32: Cod. Dipl. 732; A.D. 1016-1020; Kmbl. iv. 10, 16) ===== Declension ===== Strong ō-stem: ===== Descendants ===== Middle English: foreward, forward, forwart, forewart, uorwerd, uorewerd English: forward Scots: forward === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “foreward”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎[1], second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.