homewardsadv.adj.

Brit.

/ˈhəʊmwədz/, U.S.

/ˈhoʊmwərdz/

Forms: see home n.¹ and adj. and -wards suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Perhaps also partly a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: home n.¹, -wards suffix; homeward adv.; homeward adj.

Etymology: Originally < home n.¹ + -wards suffix. In later use perhaps partly as alteration of homeward adv. and homeward adj. Compare Old High German (adverb) heimwartes (German heimwärts).With use as adjective compare earlier homeward adj.

A. adv.

= homeward adv. †to be homewards: (only in Old English) = to be homeward at homeward adv. and adj. Phrases (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > [adverb] > home > homewards

homewardeOE

homewardseOE

homeOE

homewardly1797

home-along1872

eOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Parker) anno 893 Sio oþeru fierd wæs hamweardes.

OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Tiber. B.i) anno 1046 Þa he hamwerdes wæs þa het he feccan him to þa abbedessan on Leomynstre.

OE King Ælfred tr. Psalms (Paris) (2001) xxii. Introd. Hu hi sceoldon Gode þancian þæra ara þe hi be wege hæfdon hamweardes.

a1400 Prose Life Christ (Pepys) (1922) 45 (MED) He..ros vp and bare his bedde homwardes.

c1440 (?a1400) Sir Perceval (1930) l. 79 (MED) And hamewardez þan rode he.

1482–3 in E. Hobhouse Church-wardens' Accts. (1890) 114 For custom of the bell att Redclyff hyll, utwardys and whomwardys.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) vii. 492 Than hamvardis [1489 Adv. hamwartis] buskit he to fair.

?1574 W. Bourne Regiment for Sea xxii. f. 59^v It is a daungerous place to hitte or fal with, to enter into y^e Sleue, comming homewardes out of Spaine or Portugall.

1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. ii. xiii. 54 The Greacians homewards drewe.

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 341 Tis high time to look homewards.

1661 E. Hickeringill Jamaica 17 The whole Herd making homewards so soon as ever the Doggs do Bay them.

1739 ‘R. Bull’ tr. F. Dedekind Grobianus 102 Returning homewards in a furious Tiff.

1777 S. Johnson Let. 3 Nov. (1992) III. 93 Having been in the country so long, I am rather glad to look homewards.

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy I. iii. 58 Country parsons, jogging homewards after a visitation.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xv. 102 We..turned our faces homewards.

1900 W. S. Churchill in Morning Post 1 Jan. 6/1 The engine was soon crowded and began to steam homewards.

1939 G. Greene Confidential Agent i. ii. 47 In a big leafless Bloomsbury square a cat walked homewards from some alien roof-top.

2003 R. MacFarlane Mountains of Mind (2004) viii. 237 Mallory's mind often drifts homewards, to the family he has left behind.

B. adj.

= homeward adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > [adjective] > of or belonging to home > towards home

homeward1566

homewards1729

1729 in G. Bird Practising Scrivener 198 The said Pink..was lost in or about the Month of January last in her homewards Voyage from M.

1836 Atkinson's Casket Sept. 440/2 My brother, we sailors are prophets on the winds—your homewards voyage will be prosperous.

1852 Bull. Amer. Geogr. & Statist. Soc. 1 i. 65 The American bark Lucinda Sears, of 250 tons, was lately chartered at Boston for this port, for an outwards and homewards cargo, at $3,800.

1905 Railway News 1 Apr. 526/1 Breakfast was served on the outwards and luncheon on the homewards journey.

1999 T. Berger Return of Little Big Man (2000) x. 180 I was going along Allen Street in the homewards direction.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	homewards
释义	homewardsadv.adj. Brit. /ˈhəʊmwədz/, U.S. /ˈhoʊmwərdz/ Forms: see home n.¹ and adj. and -wards suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Perhaps also partly a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: home n.¹, -wards suffix; homeward adv.; homeward adj. Etymology: Originally < home n.¹ + -wards suffix. In later use perhaps partly as alteration of homeward adv. and homeward adj. Compare Old High German (adverb) heimwartes (German heimwärts).With use as adjective compare earlier homeward adj. A. adv. = homeward adv. †to be homewards: (only in Old English) = to be homeward at homeward adv. and adj. Phrases (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > [adverb] > home > homewards homewardeOE homewardseOE homeOE homewardly1797 home-along1872 eOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Parker) anno 893 Sio oþeru fierd wæs hamweardes. OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Tiber. B.i) anno 1046 Þa he hamwerdes wæs þa het he feccan him to þa abbedessan on Leomynstre. OE King Ælfred tr. Psalms (Paris) (2001) xxii. Introd. Hu hi sceoldon Gode þancian þæra ara þe hi be wege hæfdon hamweardes. a1400 Prose Life Christ (Pepys) (1922) 45 (MED) He..ros vp and bare his bedde homwardes. c1440 (?a1400) Sir Perceval (1930) l. 79 (MED) And hamewardez þan rode he. 1482–3 in E. Hobhouse Church-wardens' Accts. (1890) 114 For custom of the bell att Redclyff hyll, utwardys and whomwardys. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) vii. 492 Than hamvardis [1489 Adv. hamwartis] buskit he to fair. ?1574 W. Bourne Regiment for Sea xxii. f. 59^v It is a daungerous place to hitte or fal with, to enter into y^e Sleue, comming homewardes out of Spaine or Portugall. 1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. ii. xiii. 54 The Greacians homewards drewe. 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 341 Tis high time to look homewards. 1661 E. Hickeringill Jamaica 17 The whole Herd making homewards so soon as ever the Doggs do Bay them. 1739 ‘R. Bull’ tr. F. Dedekind Grobianus 102 Returning homewards in a furious Tiff. 1777 S. Johnson Let. 3 Nov. (1992) III. 93 Having been in the country so long, I am rather glad to look homewards. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy I. iii. 58 Country parsons, jogging homewards after a visitation. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xv. 102 We..turned our faces homewards. 1900 W. S. Churchill in Morning Post 1 Jan. 6/1 The engine was soon crowded and began to steam homewards. 1939 G. Greene Confidential Agent i. ii. 47 In a big leafless Bloomsbury square a cat walked homewards from some alien roof-top. 2003 R. MacFarlane Mountains of Mind (2004) viii. 237 Mallory's mind often drifts homewards, to the family he has left behind. B. adj. = homeward adj. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > [adjective] > of or belonging to home > towards home homeward1566 homewards1729 1729 in G. Bird Practising Scrivener 198 The said Pink..was lost in or about the Month of January last in her homewards Voyage from M. 1836 Atkinson's Casket Sept. 440/2 My brother, we sailors are prophets on the winds—your homewards voyage will be prosperous. 1852 Bull. Amer. Geogr. & Statist. Soc. 1 i. 65 The American bark Lucinda Sears, of 250 tons, was lately chartered at Boston for this port, for an outwards and homewards cargo, at $3,800. 1905 Railway News 1 Apr. 526/1 Breakfast was served on the outwards and luncheon on the homewards journey. 1999 T. Berger Return of Little Big Man (2000) x. 180 I was going along Allen Street in the homewards direction. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.adj.eOE
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