forþweg

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *forþweg. Cognate with Old Saxon forđweg. Equivalent to forþ- +‎ weġ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈforθˌwej/, [ˈforˠðˌwej]

Noun

forþweġ m

  1. path of departure, onward course, journey
    • 10th century, The Wanderer:
      wlonc bī wealle. · Sume wīġ fornōm,
      ferede in forðweġe; · sumne fugel ōþbær
      ofer hēanne holm; · sumne sē hāra wulf
      dēaðe ġedǣlde, · sumne drēoriġhlēor
      in eorðsċræfe · eorl ġehȳdde.
      proud by the wall. The war took away some men,
      carried into the forth-way; a bird bore away someone
      over deep sea; the grey wolf shared someone with death;
      a sad-faced warrior hid someone in earthen cave.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative forþweġ forþwegas
accusative forþweġ forþwegas
genitive forþweġes forþwega
dative forþweġe forþwegum

References

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