foreward
English
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English foreweard, foreward (“condition, bargain, agreement, contract, treaty, assurance”), equivalent to fore- + ward (“ward, keeping”). Liken Dutch voorwaarde (“condition, terms, proviso, stipulation”). More at fore-, ward.
Noun
foreward (plural forewards)
- agreement, contract, treaty, bargain, covenant; terms of an agreement; pledge or promise
- Pers, I plihte þe my trouþe To folfulle þe Foreward. — Piers Plowman, c1390
- To tak or ȝef temporal þing for goostly þing of forþword or certeyn couenaunt, it is symonye. — An Apology for Lollard Doctrines, Attributed to Wicliffe, c1475
References
- Middle English Dictionary
- A Concise Dictionary of Middle English, Mayhew and Skeat
Old English
Alternative forms
- fōreweard, fōreƿard
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfoːrewɑrd/, [ˈfoːrewɑrˠd]
Declension
Declension of foreward — Strong
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | fōreward | fōreward | fōreward |
Accusative | fōrewardne | fōrewarde | fōreward |
Genitive | fōrewardes | fōrewardre | fōrewardes |
Dative | fōrewardum | fōrewardre | fōrewardum |
Instrumental | fōrewarde | fōrewardre | fōrewarde |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | fōrewarde | fōrewarda, -e | fōreward |
Accusative | fōrewarde | fōrewarda, -e | fōreward |
Genitive | fōrewardra | fōrewardra | fōrewardra |
Dative | fōrewardum | fōrewardum | fōrewardum |
Instrumental | fōrewardum | fōrewardum | fōrewardum |
Declension of foreward — Weak
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | fōrewarda | fōrewarde | fōrewarde |
Accusative | fōrewardan | fōrewardan | fōrewarde |
Genitive | fōrewardan | fōrewardan | fōrewardan |
Dative | fōrewardan | fōrewardan | fōrewardan |
Instrumental | fōrewardan | fōrewardan | fōrewardan |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | fōrewardan | fōrewardan | fōrewardan |
Accusative | fōrewardan | fōrewardan | fōrewardan |
Genitive | fōrewardra, fōrewardena | fōrewardra, fōrewardena | fōrewardra, fōrewardena |
Dative | fōrewardum | fōrewardum | fōrewardum |
Instrumental | fōrewardum | fōrewardum | fōrewardum |
Noun
fōreward f (nominative plural fōrewarde)
Declension
Declension of foreward (strong ō-stem)
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | fōreward | fōrewarda, fōrewarde |
accusative | fōrewarde | fōrewarda, fōrewarde |
genitive | fōrewarde | fōrewarda |
dative | fōrewarde | fōrewardum |
References
- 2010, J. Bosworth, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online (T. N. Toller & Others, Eds.), foreward
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