Middle English Dictionary Entry
onward prep.
Entry Info
| Forms | onward prep. Also onoward. |
| Etymology | From adv. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) On the surface of (sth.), over; (b) away from (sth.); fig. free from (sins).
Associated quotations
a
- c1300 SLeg.Nich.(LdMisc 108)101 : Ase heo gradden, þare cam on eorne on-owarde þe watere bi-side A bischop in abite swiþe fair.
b
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)37 : Ȝif þu wult habben bone to drihten, þu most beon on ward þine sunnen.