toweard
Old English
Alternative forms
- tōƿeard
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /toːˈwæɑ̯rd/, [toːˈwæɑ̯rˠd]
Adjective
tōweard
- future
- Hæfst þū mīn tōwearde wīf ġemētt?
- Have you met my future wife?
- c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
- Þrī tīda sind on ǣlcum worde: andweard tīd, forðġewiten tīd, and tōweard tīd.
- There are three tenses for every verb: present tense, past tense, and future tense.
- Þrī tīda sind on ǣlcum worde: andweard tīd, forðġewiten tīd, and tōweard tīd.
- 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 hwilċ weder tōweard biþ.
- People can observe from the color of the moon what kind of weather is coming.
- Menn magon cēpan be þæs mōnan blēo hwilċ weder tōweard biþ.
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Passion of the Apostles Simon and Jude"
- Hīe ġewunode on ġehwilcre byrġ oþ þæt hīe ġeāxodon þā apostolas tōwearde.
- They stopped in every town until they heard that the apostles were on the way there.
- Hīe ġewunode on ġehwilcre byrġ oþ þæt hīe ġeāxodon þā apostolas tōwearde.
- c. 900, The Consolation of Philosophy
- Þēah hē nū nāwiht elles næbbe ymb tō sorgiġenne, 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 him.
- Þēah hē nū nāwiht elles næbbe ymb tō sorgiġenne, þæt him mæġ tō sorge þæt hē nāt hwæt him tōweard biþ.
Declension
Declension of toweard — Strong
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | tōweard | tōweard | tōweard |
Accusative | tōweardne | tōwearde | tōweard |
Genitive | tōweardes | tōweardre | tōweardes |
Dative | tōweardum | tōweardre | tōweardum |
Instrumental | tōwearde | tōweardre | tōwearde |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | tōwearde | tōwearda, -e | tōweard |
Accusative | tōwearde | tōwearda, -e | tōweard |
Genitive | tōweardra | tōweardra | tōweardra |
Dative | tōweardum | tōweardum | tōweardum |
Instrumental | tōweardum | tōweardum | tōweardum |
Declension of toweard — Weak
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | tōwearda | tōwearde | tōwearde |
Accusative | tōweardan | tōweardan | tōwearde |
Genitive | tōweardan | tōweardan | tōweardan |
Dative | tōweardan | tōweardan | tōweardan |
Instrumental | tōweardan | tōweardan | tōweardan |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | tōweardan | tōweardan | tōweardan |
Accusative | tōweardan | tōweardan | tōweardan |
Genitive | tōweardra, tōweardena | tōweardra, tōweardena | tōweardra, tōweardena |
Dative | tōweardum | tōweardum | tōweardum |
Instrumental | tōweardum | tōweardum | tōweardum |
Derived terms
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