eastweard

Old English

Etymology

ēast +‎ -weard

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæ͜ɑːs.twæ͜ɑrd/, [ˈæ͜ɑːs.twæ͜ɑrˠd]

Adverb

ēastweard

  1. eastward

Descendants

  • Middle English: estward
    • English: eastward
    • Scots: eastart

Adjective

ēastweard

  1. eastward, in the east
    • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
      An. DCCCXIII Hēr Wulfrēd arċebisċeop mid bletsunge Leon þǣs papan hwearf eft tō his āgnum bisċeopdōme. ⁊ þȳ ġēare ġehergode Eċġbriht cing on Westwēalas frām ēasteweardum ōþ westwearde.
      Year 813 In this year Archbishop Wulfred returned to his own bishopdom with the blessing of Pope Leo [III]. And in that year King Edgebright ravaged the Celts of Cornwall from the east to the west.

Declension