Middle English Dictionary Entry
yonward adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | yonward adv. Also ȝonward. |
| Etymology | From yon adv. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
In the opposite direction, away.
Associated quotations
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.205 : Touchinge Antipodes þat men spekeþ of and seiþ þat þey beeþ men in þe oþer side of þe erþe, and here feet toward oure, and hire heed ȝonward and tredeþ hiderward.