toweard
Old English
Alternative forms
- tōƿeard — wynn spelling
Etymology
From West Germanic *tōward. Cognate with Old Saxon tōward, Old High German zuowart. Equivalent to tō- + -weard.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /toːˈwæ͜ɑrd/, [toːˈwæ͜ɑrˠd] (preposition)
- IPA(key): /ˈtoːˌwæ͜ɑrd/, [ˈtoːˌwæ͜ɑrˠd] (adjective)
Preposition
tōweard
- toward (with genitive or dative)
Adjective
tōweard
- future
- Hæfst þū mīn tōwearde wīf ġemētt?
- Have you met my future wife?
- c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
- Þrēo tīda sind on ǣlcum worde: andweard tīd, forðġewiten tīd, and tōweard tīd.
- There are three tenses for each verb: present tense, past tense, and future tense.
- coming; impending, approaching
- se tōwearda winter
- the coming winter
- late 10th century, Ælfric, On the Seasons of the Year
- Menn magon cēpan be þæs mōnan blēo hwelċ weder tōweard biþ.
- People can observe from the color of the moon what kind of weather is coming.
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Passion of the Apostles Simon and Jude"
- Hīe ġewunodon on ġehwelcre byrġ oþ þæt hīe ġeāxodon þā apostolas tōwearde.
- They stopped in every town until they heard that the apostles were on the way there.
- c. 900, The Consolation of Philosophy
- Þēah hē nū nāwiht elles næbbe ymb tō sorgienne, þæt him mæġ tō sorge þæt hē nāt hwæt him tōweard biþ.
- Even if right now he has nothing else to worry about, it can still bother him that he doesn’t know what's in store for his future.
Declension
Declension of tōweard — Strong
Declension of tōweard — Weak