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againward
† aˈgainward, adv. Obs. Forms: see again. [f. again adv. + -ward. Cf. outward, backward. Used in most of the senses of again, of which it is to be viewed as a more distinctly adverbial form.] 1. In the opposite direction; hence, backward, away back, back again.1205 Layamon 27083 Aȝeinward heo buȝen ...
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gainward
† ˈgainward, prep. Obs. rare—1. [f. gain- prefix 1 + -ward: see againward.] Towards, facing, over against.a 1541 Wyatt Poet. Wks. (1861) 161 For I with spur and sail go seek the Thames, Gainward the sun.
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-ward
-ward suffix, OE. -weard, primarily forming adjs., with the sense ‘having a specified direction’, corresponds to OFris. -ward, OS. -ward, -werd, OHG., MHG. -wart (as in heimwart adj., homeward):—OTeut. *-warđo-, f. *warđ- abl.-var. of *werþ-:—pre-Teut. *wert- to turn (= L. vertĕre); in the suffix th...
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look
▪ I. look, n. (lʊk) Forms: 2–6 loke, 3–5 lok, 4, 8–9 Sc. luke, (6 lowke), 6–7 looke, 8–9 Sc. leuk, 5– look. [f. look v.] 1. a. The action or an act of looking; a glance of the eyes; a particular direction of the eyes or countenance in order to look at something. † Also occas., sight, view (quot. 139...
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give
▪ I. † give, n.1 Obs. Forms: α. 1 ᵹi(e)fu, ᵹyfu, ᵹeofu, 2 ȝife, ȝieve, 2–3 ȝive, ȝe(o)ve, ȝefe, 4 yeve. β. 3 gife, give, gyve. [Com. Teut.: OE. ᵹiefu str. fem. = OFris. geve, jeve, OS. geƀa, giƀa (MDu. geve), OHG. geba, gepa, kepa (MHG. gebe), ON. gjǫf, Goth. giba:—OTeut. *geƀâ, f. *geƀ- to give. Th...
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