† fromwardadj.adv.prep.

Forms: Old English frǫmweard (adj. Middle English frommard, southern vrommard, Middle English framward, Middle English–1500s fromwarde, Middle English– fromward.

Etymology: < from prep., adv., and conj. + -ward suffix.

Obsolete.

A. adj. = Turned from or away. (See also B. 1 attributive.)

1. Departing, about to depart. (Only Old English.)

ΚΠ

c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xi. §2 Ælc þara þe þas woruld gesælþa hæfþ oþer twega oþþe he wat þæt he him fromwearde beoþ oððe he hit nat.

OE Seafarer 71 Adl oþþe yldo oþþe ecghete fægum fromweardum feorh oðþringeð.

2. Froward.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > perverse

wharfedc1175

thwart-over?c1225

fromwardc1275

thwarta1325

wilgernc1325

contrariousa1340

froward1340

rebours1340

awaywarda1375

overthwartc1384

protervec1384

waywardc1384

arsewardc1386

wrawc1386

wrawfulc1386

crabbeda1400

ungraitha1400

wraweda1400

awklyc1400

perversec1425

awkc1440

perversiosec1475

crooked1508

wrayward1516

awkward1530

difficilec1533

peevish1539

protervous1547

overthwarting1552

untowardly1561

difficult1589

cross1594

cama1600

frowish1601

awkwardish1613

haggardly1635

pigheadeda1637

cross-grained1647

wry1649

crossfulc1680

thwarting1718

kim-kama1734

wronghead1737

piggish1742

witherly1790

top-thrawn1808

contrary1850

cussed1858

three-cornered1863

thwarteous1890

bloody-minded1935

c1275 Luue Ron 45 in Old Eng. Misc. 94 Þeo luue þat ne may her abyde..hit is fals and mereuh and frouh And fromward in vychon tide.

1576 R. Peterson tr. G. della Casa Galateo 25 I call them Fromward people, which will in all things be ouertwart to other men.

B. adv.

1. In a direction which leads from, or is turned from, a given place or object.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > direction > [adverb] > away from some thing or place

awayeOE

outeOE

frowardOE

offOE

yondwardc1275

yonwarda1387

waywardsc1390

fromwarda1547

offward1582

fromwardsa1661

orf1845

a1547 Earl of Surrey Paraphr. Psalm lv, in Poems (1964) Give ear to my suit, Lord! fromward hide not thy face.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum at Becke ..Wyth a becke fromwarde or to warde.

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. iv. 126 They from-ward turne.

1711 London Gaz. No. 4917/4 The forepart of his Mane longest, the one part being short, lies toward, the other fromward.

attributive.1645 G. Wither Vox Pacifica 41 Who can unite again a Broken-bone, Whose parted ends, are set the fromward way.

2. Of time: Onward from a given date.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adverb] > thereafter or after that

thoc700

thenforthc875

thereafterc897

fro ðan ðatc1175

thethenforthc1175

thenforthwardc1200

thereup?c1225

from?a1366

thencec1374

thenceforthc1374

fromwardc1400

thyne-forwardc1400

sin1405

thyne-forthc1440

thenceforward1457

sinsyne1470

thenafter1470

then afterwarda1485

upon?1523

sineth1542

thence-after1593

thenceforwards1684

thereafterward1867

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) xviii. 197 And fro thens fromward, thei ben alle obeyssant to him.

3. figurative. In a different or diverse way, contrarily.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [adverb]

fromward?c1225

contrariouslyc1380

contrarying to1382

reversinglya1425

contrary1463

clean fro1483

repugnantly?1526

diametrally?1533

contrairly1535

in diameter1543

thwartly1558

oppositely1567

contrarily1570

contrariwise1574

diameter-wise1600

diameterly1603

reciprocallya1628

diametrically1633

counter1643

encounter1660

polarly1670

Antarcticallya1711

contrariantly1796

antithetically1816

tout au contraire1841

antistrophically1842

contrapositively1858

in reverse1869

at cross-corners with1892

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 183 Lonu hu fromard vre lauerd beoð þe ondfule.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 107 Ha makieð fromwart heore nest softe wið uten. & nesche wið innen.

C. prep.

a. In a direction which leads from or is turned from (an object), away from.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > direction > in the direction of [preposition] > away from

offeOE

fromwardsc1000

from offlOE

frowardsc1175

fromward?c1225

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > in a direction away from (of motion) [preposition]

frowardsc1175

fro‥wardc1220

fromward?c1225

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 89 Þe hale half & þe quike dale droch þe uuele blod fromwart þunheale.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 951 Geomagog..þudde Corineum. frommard [c1300 Otho fram-ward] his breoste.

c1300 Beket 886 And kniȝtes that were ek with him al framward him drowe.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Tollem. MS) xiv. ii Mounteynes ben..rered fromwarde þe erþe towarde þe heuen.

1493 Festivall (1515) 50 b All his steppes towarde and fromwarde the holy churche.

1556 R. Record Castle of Knowl. 93 To go wyth their feet the one against the other, and their heddes the one fromwarde the other.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. viii. sig. S8 As chearefully going towardes, as Pyrocles went frowardly fromwarde his death.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. vi. 23 When the Endeavour is fromward something, it is generally called Aversion.

1673 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 8 5194 Shooting it self forth into several points or stiriæ..from-ward its Center.

1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. iv. xii. 221 The Feathers being placed fromward the Head toward the Tail.

b. with tmesis, from..ward.

ΚΠ

1565–73 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Auersus Auersis..cornibus,..with the corners from the sunne warde.

1603 J. Davies Microcosmos Ded. 37 Sol..makes vs heavie going from-vs-ward.

1633 T. James Strange Voy. 13 The Ice had broken from the Ship-ward.

1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 29 To signifie that a Wall..doth not stand up right, but leans from-you-ward, when you stand before it.

2. Contrary to, different from.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > contrary or opposite to [preposition]

fromward?c1225

athwart1644

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 79 Hercnið nu..al anoðer speche & fromwart þis arre.

Derivatives

ˈfromwards adv. and prep.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > direction > in the direction of [preposition] > away from

offeOE

fromwardsc1000

from offlOE

frowardsc1175

fromward?c1225

the world > space > direction > [adverb] > away from some thing or place

awayeOE

outeOE

frowardOE

offOE

yondwardc1275

yonwarda1387

waywardsc1390

fromwarda1547

offward1582

fromwardsa1661

orf1845

c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 142 Gif hunta gebite mannan, sleah þry scearpan neah fromweardes.

a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 109 Those are also called to account that are met walking fromwards the Church.

1664 Relat. Proc. at Hertford Assize Aug. 7 With his face from-wards the place where they usually met.

1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 119 A pend or earnest strift fromwards.

1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. v. i. 316 Towards or fromwards the Zenith.

1855 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric. II. (Gloss.) 723/1 Fromward (West Eng.), land is ploughed ‘framwards’ when the horses are turning to the right.

1880 R. Jefferies Round about Great Estate 159 The carters..saying ‘toward’ for anything near or leaning towards you, and ‘vrammards’ for the reverse.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	fromward
释义	fromwardn. Forms: Also frommard. Etymology: apparently substantive use of fromward adj.: see froe n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈfromward. dialect. = froe n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > lever or crowbar > [noun] > wedges wedgec725 verementc1440 froe1573 quinnet1686 plug1766 stooper1784 glut1790 gadder1871 fromward1883 1883 W. H. Cope Gloss. Hampshire Words Fromward or Frommard, a tool used in lath-rending or cleaving. 1890 J. D. Robertson Gloss. Words County of Gloucester Frommard. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † fromwardadj.adv.prep. Forms: Old English frǫmweard (adj. Middle English frommard, southern vrommard, Middle English framward, Middle English–1500s fromwarde, Middle English– fromward. Etymology: < from prep., adv., and conj. + -ward suffix. Obsolete. A. adj. = Turned from or away. (See also B. 1 attributive.) 1. Departing, about to depart. (Only Old English.) ΚΠ c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xi. §2 Ælc þara þe þas woruld gesælþa hæfþ oþer twega oþþe he wat þæt he him fromwearde beoþ oððe he hit nat. OE Seafarer 71 Adl oþþe yldo oþþe ecghete fægum fromweardum feorh oðþringeð. 2. Froward. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > perverse wharfedc1175 thwart-over?c1225 fromwardc1275 thwarta1325 wilgernc1325 contrariousa1340 froward1340 rebours1340 awaywarda1375 overthwartc1384 protervec1384 waywardc1384 arsewardc1386 wrawc1386 wrawfulc1386 crabbeda1400 ungraitha1400 wraweda1400 awklyc1400 perversec1425 awkc1440 perversiosec1475 crooked1508 wrayward1516 awkward1530 difficilec1533 peevish1539 protervous1547 overthwarting1552 untowardly1561 difficult1589 cross1594 cama1600 frowish1601 awkwardish1613 haggardly1635 pigheadeda1637 cross-grained1647 wry1649 crossfulc1680 thwarting1718 kim-kama1734 wronghead1737 piggish1742 witherly1790 top-thrawn1808 contrary1850 cussed1858 three-cornered1863 thwarteous1890 bloody-minded1935 c1275 Luue Ron 45 in Old Eng. Misc. 94 Þeo luue þat ne may her abyde..hit is fals and mereuh and frouh And fromward in vychon tide. 1576 R. Peterson tr. G. della Casa Galateo 25 I call them Fromward people, which will in all things be ouertwart to other men. B. adv. 1. In a direction which leads from, or is turned from, a given place or object. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [adverb] > away from some thing or place awayeOE outeOE frowardOE offOE yondwardc1275 yonwarda1387 waywardsc1390 fromwarda1547 offward1582 fromwardsa1661 orf1845 a1547 Earl of Surrey Paraphr. Psalm lv, in Poems (1964) Give ear to my suit, Lord! fromward hide not thy face. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum at Becke ..Wyth a becke fromwarde or to warde. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. iv. 126 They from-ward turne. 1711 London Gaz. No. 4917/4 The forepart of his Mane longest, the one part being short, lies toward, the other fromward. attributive.1645 G. Wither Vox Pacifica 41 Who can unite again a Broken-bone, Whose parted ends, are set the fromward way. 2. Of time: Onward from a given date. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adverb] > thereafter or after that thoc700 thenforthc875 thereafterc897 fro ðan ðatc1175 thethenforthc1175 thenforthwardc1200 thereup?c1225 from?a1366 thencec1374 thenceforthc1374 fromwardc1400 thyne-forwardc1400 sin1405 thyne-forthc1440 thenceforward1457 sinsyne1470 thenafter1470 then afterwarda1485 upon?1523 sineth1542 thence-after1593 thenceforwards1684 thereafterward1867 c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) xviii. 197 And fro thens fromward, thei ben alle obeyssant to him. 3. figurative. In a different or diverse way, contrarily. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [adverb] fromward?c1225 contrariouslyc1380 contrarying to1382 reversinglya1425 contrary1463 clean fro1483 repugnantly?1526 diametrally?1533 contrairly1535 in diameter1543 thwartly1558 oppositely1567 contrarily1570 contrariwise1574 diameter-wise1600 diameterly1603 reciprocallya1628 diametrically1633 counter1643 encounter1660 polarly1670 Antarcticallya1711 contrariantly1796 antithetically1816 tout au contraire1841 antistrophically1842 contrapositively1858 in reverse1869 at cross-corners with1892 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 183 Lonu hu fromard vre lauerd beoð þe ondfule. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 107 Ha makieð fromwart heore nest softe wið uten. & nesche wið innen. C. prep. 1. a. In a direction which leads from or is turned from (an object), away from. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > in the direction of [preposition] > away from offeOE fromwardsc1000 from offlOE frowardsc1175 fromward?c1225 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > in a direction away from (of motion) [preposition] frowardsc1175 fro‥wardc1220 fromward?c1225 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 89 Þe hale half & þe quike dale droch þe uuele blod fromwart þunheale. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 951 Geomagog..þudde Corineum. frommard [c1300 Otho fram-ward] his breoste. c1300 Beket 886 And kniȝtes that were ek with him al framward him drowe. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Tollem. MS) xiv. ii Mounteynes ben..rered fromwarde þe erþe towarde þe heuen. 1493 Festivall (1515) 50 b All his steppes towarde and fromwarde the holy churche. 1556 R. Record Castle of Knowl. 93 To go wyth their feet the one against the other, and their heddes the one fromwarde the other. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. viii. sig. S8 As chearefully going towardes, as Pyrocles went frowardly fromwarde his death. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. vi. 23 When the Endeavour is fromward something, it is generally called Aversion. 1673 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 8 5194 Shooting it self forth into several points or stiriæ..from-ward its Center. 1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. iv. xii. 221 The Feathers being placed fromward the Head toward the Tail. b. with tmesis, from..ward. ΚΠ 1565–73 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Auersus Auersis..cornibus,..with the corners from the sunne warde. 1603 J. Davies Microcosmos Ded. 37 Sol..makes vs heavie going from-vs-ward. 1633 T. James Strange Voy. 13 The Ice had broken from the Ship-ward. 1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 29 To signifie that a Wall..doth not stand up right, but leans from-you-ward, when you stand before it. 2. Contrary to, different from. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > contrary or opposite to [preposition] fromward?c1225 athwart1644 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 79 Hercnið nu..al anoðer speche & fromwart þis arre. Derivatives ˈfromwards adv. and prep. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > in the direction of [preposition] > away from offeOE fromwardsc1000 from offlOE frowardsc1175 fromward?c1225 the world > space > direction > [adverb] > away from some thing or place awayeOE outeOE frowardOE offOE yondwardc1275 yonwarda1387 waywardsc1390 fromwarda1547 offward1582 fromwardsa1661 orf1845 c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 142 Gif hunta gebite mannan, sleah þry scearpan neah fromweardes. a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 109 Those are also called to account that are met walking fromwards the Church. 1664 Relat. Proc. at Hertford Assize Aug. 7 With his face from-wards the place where they usually met. 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 119 A pend or earnest strift fromwards. 1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. v. i. 316 Towards or fromwards the Zenith. 1855 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric. II. (Gloss.) 723/1 Fromward (West Eng.), land is ploughed ‘framwards’ when the horses are turning to the right. 1880 R. Jefferies Round about Great Estate 159 The carters..saying ‘toward’ for anything near or leaning towards you, and ‘vrammards’ for the reverse. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > as lemmas from..ward †7. Examples of from..ward, fro..ward. Obsolete.See also fromward prep. 1b. Π c1220 Bestiary 719 And wende we neure fro him-ward. c1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 7281 Þe ded..Salle ay þan fle fra þam-ward. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 399 Ful many a draghte of wyn hadde he drawe Fro Burdeuxward whil þ^t the Chapman sleep. c1440 Alphabet of Tales 285 He mett his wife fro þe kurkward. 1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 9 §2 Leasses..for the which noe such suertie shalbe hadde..[shall] stand from thensforth ward voide and of noon effecte. 1583 J. Dee Jrnl. in True & Faithful Relation Spirits (1659) i. 56 His face is (now) from meward. 1607 T. Rogers Faith, Doctr., & Relig. 216 No man..can desire to appropriate..any thing to himselfe, either yet to make any priuate vse to himselfe from the rest ward. 1621 M. Wroth Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania 108 Amphilanthus..was then looking from herward, carelesse of her. 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 299 With the nail of his Right Hand Thumb, sloaping from his Thumbward, he draws or slides forward the upper Sheet. extracted from -wardsuffix < n.1883adj.adv.prep.c888 as lemmas
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fromwardn.

† fromwardadj.adv.prep.

Derivatives

> as lemmas