forþweg

Old English

Alternative forms

• forðweġ — edh spelling

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *forþweg. Cognate with Old Saxon forđweg. Equivalent to forþ- +‎ weġ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈforθˌwej/, [ˈforˠðˌwej]

Noun

forþweġ m

1. path of departure, onward course, journey
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     wlonc bī wealle. · Sume wīġ fornōm,
     ferede in forðweġe; · sumne fugel ōþbær
     ofer hēanne holm; · sumne sē hāra wulf
     dēaðe ġedǣlde, · sumne drēoriġhlēor
     in eorðsċræfe · eorl ġehȳdde.

     proud by the wall. The war took away some men,
     carried into the forth-way; a bird bore away someone
     over deep sea; the grey wolf shared someone with death;
     a sad-faced warrior hid someone in earthen cave.

Declension

Declension of forþweġ (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	forþweġ	forþwegas
accusative	forþweġ	forþwegas
genitive	forþweġes	forþwega
dative	forþweġe	forþwegum

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “forþ-weġ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.