▪ I. ˈfromward, n. dial.
Also frommard.
[app. subst. use of next: see froe.]
= froe.
| 1883 Hants Gloss., Fromward or Frommard, a tool used in lath-rending or cleaving. 1890 Glouc. Gloss., Frommard. |
▪ II. † ˈfromward, a., adv., prep. Obs.
Forms: 1 frǫmweard (adj.), 3 frommard, south. vrommard, 3–4 framward, 4–6 fromwarde, 3– fromward.
[f. from + -ward.]
A. adj. = Turned from or away. (See also B. 1 attrib.)
1. Departing, about to depart. (Only OE.)
| c 888 K. ælfred Boeth. xi. §2 ælc þara þe þas woruld ᵹesælþa hæfþ oþer tweᵹa oþþe he wat þæt he him fromwearde beoþ oððe he hit nat. c 1000 Seafarer 71 Adl oþþe yldo oþþe ecᵹhete fæᵹum fromweardum feorh oðþringeð. |
2. Froward.
| c 1275 Luue Ron 45 in O.E. Misc. 94 Þeo luue þat ne may her abyde..hit is fals and mereuh and frouh And fromward in vychon tide. 1576 Peterson tr. Della Casa's 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.
| a 1547 Surrey Ps. lv. 1 Give ear to my suit, Lord! fromward hide not thy face. 1552 Huloet s.v. Becke ..Wyth a becke fromwarde or to warde. 1591 Sylvester Du Bartas i. iv. 354 They from-ward turn. 1711 Lond. Gaz. No. 4917/4 The forepart of his Mane longest, the one part being short, lies toward, the other fromward. |
| attrib. 1645 Wither Vox Pacif. 41 Who can unite again a Broken-bone, Whose parted ends, are set the fromward way. |
2. Of time: Onward from a given date.
| c 1400 Mandeville (1839) xviii. 197 And fro thens fromward, thei ben alle obeyssant to him. |
3. fig. In a different or diverse way, contrarily.
| a 1225 Ancr. R. 134 Heo makieð frommard hore nest—softe wiðuten & þorni wiðinnen. Ibid. 248 Lo! nu, hu urommard beoð þe ontfule to ure Louerd! |
C. prep.
1. In a direction which leads from or is turned from (an object), away from.
| c 1205 Lay. 1899 Geomagog..þudde Corineum frommard [1275 framward] his breoste. a 1225 Ancr. R. 112 Þe hole half & te cwike dole drowen þet vuele blod ut frommard þe unhole. c 1300 Beket 886 And kniȝtes that were ek with him al framward him drowe. 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xiv. ii. (Tollem. MS.), Mounteynes ben..rered fromwarde þe erþe towarde þe heuen. 1493 Festivall (W. de W. 1515) 50 b, All his steppes towarde and fromwarde the holy churche. 1551 Recorde Cast. Knowl. (1556) 93 To go wyth their feet the one against the other, and their heddes the one fromwarde the other. 1580 Sidney Arcadia (1622) 127 As cheerefully going towards, as Pyrocles went frowardly fromward his death. 1651 Hobbes Leviath. i. vi. 23 When the Endeavour is fromward something, it is generally called Aversion. 1673 Phil. Trans. VIII. 5194 Shooting it self forth into several points or stiriæ..from-ward its Center. 1713 Derham Phys. Theol. iv. xii. 221 The Feathers being placed fromward the Head toward the Tail. |
b. with tmesis, from..ward.
| 1565–73 Cooper Thesaurus s.v. Auersus, Auersis..cornibus,..with the corners from the sunne warde. 1603 J. Davies Microcosm. (Grosart) 22/2 Sol..makes vs heavie going from-vs-ward. 1633 T. James Voy. 13 The Ice had broken from the Ship-ward. 1703 T. N. City & C. 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.
| a 1225 Ancr. R. 100 Hercneð nu..al an oðer speche, & frommard tisse vorme. |
So ˈfromwards adv. and prep.
| c 1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 142 Gif hunta ᵹebite mannan, sleah þry scearpan neah fromweardes. 1634–5 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 Bulk & Selv. 119 A pend or earnest strift fromwards. 1713 Derham Phys.-Theol. v. i. 316 Towards or fromwards the Zenith. 1855 Morton Cycl. Agric. II. 723 Fromward (West Eng.), land is ploughed ‘framwards’ when the horses are turning to the right. 1880 Jefferies Gt. Estate 159 The carters..saying ‘toward’ for anything near or leaning towards you, and ‘vrammards’ for the reverse. |