† erewardn.
Obsolete.
An heir. ereward-riche n. [+ Middle English riche, Old English ríce dominion] inheritance.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > [noun] > descent by inheritance > heir
erewardc975
arfnamec1000
heirc1275
inheritor1433
heritor1475
inheritanta1535
society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > [noun] > descent by inheritance > that which is inherited
etheleOE
heritagea1225
ereward-richea1325
reversiona1325
patrimony1357
succession1382
inheriteson1470
heredity?c1550
inheritage1557
long acre1608
relict1726
post-obit1812
hand-me-down1909
c975 Rushw. Gosp. Matt. xxi. 38 Þis se erfe-weard.
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) xx. 14 Her ys se yrfe-weard.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1512 Two doles of ereward-riche auen.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 934 Of ðe self sal ðin erward ten.
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† erewardadv.
Obsolete. rare.
Before, previously.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adverb]
erea900
beforeeOE
forec1000
toforec1175
therebeforec1200
toforehand1258
forne toc1275
orc1275
andersitha1300
alreadyc1300
rather?1316
beforehandc1330
erstc1330
aforec1350
theretoforea1375
aforehanda1387
forthwitha1400
forwitha1400
or?a1400
ereward14..
toforetimec1400
aforetimes1429
aforetime1433
afore seasons1463
heretoforetime1481
forouth1487
aforrow?a1513
beforrow1568
paravant1590
antecedently1593
formerly1596
precedently1611
preveniently1633
preallably1652
previously1655
precedaneously1657
somewhiles1657
antecedaneously1661
aft1674
prior1675
anteriorly1681
antecedent1690
previous1712
priorly1742
14.. Tundale's Vis. 1844 Within that wall come they sone As they hadon erward done.
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