foreweard

Old English

Alternative forms

• foreward

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfo.reˌwæ͜ɑrd/, [ˈfo.reˌwæ͜ɑrˠd]

Etymology 1

From fore- +‎ -weard.

Adjective

foreweard

1. forward, fore, former, early, prior

Declension

Declension of foreweard — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	foreweard	foreweard	foreweard
Accusative	foreweardne	forewearde	foreweard
Genitive	foreweardes	foreweardre	foreweardes
Dative	foreweardum	foreweardre	foreweardum
Instrumental	forewearde	foreweardre	forewearde
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	forewearde	forewearda, forewearde	foreweard
Accusative	forewearde	forewearda, forewearde	foreweard
Genitive	foreweardra	foreweardra	foreweardra
Dative	foreweardum	foreweardum	foreweardum
Instrumental	foreweardum	foreweardum	foreweardum

Declension of foreweard — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	forewearda	forewearde	forewearde
Accusative	foreweardan	foreweardan	forewearde
Genitive	foreweardan	foreweardan	foreweardan
Dative	foreweardan	foreweardan	foreweardan
Instrumental	foreweardan	foreweardan	foreweardan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	foreweardan	foreweardan	foreweardan
Accusative	foreweardan	foreweardan	foreweardan
Genitive	foreweardra, foreweardena	foreweardra, foreweardena	foreweardra, foreweardena
Dative	foreweardum	foreweardum	foreweardum
Instrumental	foreweardum	foreweardum	foreweardum

Descendants

• Middle English: foreward, forward
  • English: forward
  • Scots: forrit

Etymology 2

From fore- +‎ weard (“ward, keeping”).

Noun

foreweard f

1. 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

Declension of foreweard (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	foreweard	forewearda, forewearde
accusative	forewearde	forewearda, forewearde
genitive	forewearde	forewearda
dative	forewearde	foreweardum

Descendants

• Middle English: foreward, forward, forwart, forewart, uorwerd, uorewerd
  • English: forward
  • Scots: forward

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “foreward”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.