her-wardprep.
originally to her-ward, towards her: see -ward suffix.
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the world > space > direction > [adverb] > to or towards some thing or place > towards her
to her-ward1477
1477 Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 152 To redresse Iason and Argos to herward.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. xix. sig. M1v, But the Lion..bent his race to her-ward.
1621 M. Wroth Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania 108 Amphilanthus..was then looking from her-ward, carelesse of her.
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