† netheward, a. Obs.
[OE. niðe-, nyðe-, neoþoweard, etc.; cf. nethemest.]
Downward.
| a 1000 Phœnix 299 Se hals [is] grene nioþoweard & ufeweard. c 1000 ælfric Hom. II. 452 Fram his hnolle ufewerdan oð his ilas neoðewerde. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 165 On þe steire of fiftene stoples, fro neþewarde to uue⁓warde. |