hamweard

Middle English

Adverb

hamweard

  1. alternative form of homward

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *haimawarda, equivalent to hām (“home”) +‎ -weard.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxɑːm.wæ͜ɑrd/, [ˈhɑːm.wæ͜ɑrˠd]

Adverb

hāmweard

  1. homeward; in the direction of home
    • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
      An. DCCCLV Hēr hǣþene men ǣrest on Sċeapiġġe ofer winter sǣtan...⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare [Aþelwulf cing] ferde to Rōme mid myċelre weorðnesse ⁊ þǣr wæs XII mōnoð wuniġende, ⁊ him þā hāmweard fōr ⁊ him þā Carl Francna cing his dohtor ġēaf him tō cwēne, ⁊ æfter þām tō his lēodum cōm...
      Year 855 In this year the heathens stayed on Sheppey over the winter for the first time...And in the same year [King Athelwulf] went to Rome with much honor, and stayed there for twelve months. And them he went towards home and King Carl [the Bald] of the Franks gave him his daughter as a queen, and after that Athelwulf returned to his people.

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