Noun: foreward
Genitive
Dative
Sample Sentences
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c. 1390, Piers Plowman ((please add an English translation of this quotation))
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c. 1475, John Wycliffe (attributed), An Apology for Lollard Doctrines ((please add an English translation of this quotation))
Nouns inflected like foreward
schimeringe,
synger,
serche,
sengle,
snoute,
saucer,
sauter,
sapour,
saphir,
sachel,
sculle,
scrape,
scrowe,
scisme,
sclate,
schyfe,
schyve,
schole,
schere,
schave, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old English foreweard, foreward (“condition, bargain, agreement, contract, treaty, assurance”), equivalent to fore- + ward (“ward, keeping”). Compare Dutch voorwaarde (“condition, terms, proviso, stipulation”). See: Old English Nouns '
foreweard', Dutch Nouns '
voorwaarde'.
Verbs referencing "foreward"
English Nouns
forward.
Translations