netherwardadv.adj.

Brit.

/ˈnɛðəwəd/, U.S.

/ˈnɛðərwərd/

Forms: see nether adv.¹ and -ward suffix; also early Middle English noþerwad (transmission error), 1500s–1600s 1800s– netherward.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nether adv.¹, -ward suffix.

Etymology: < nether adv.¹ + -ward suffix. Compare netheward adj., netherwards adv.

A. adv.

Downwards; to the bottom. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adverb] > in downward direction

adowneOE

netherwardsOE

shireOE

netherOE

netherwardOE

downOE

adownwardOE

downwardslOE

downwardc1225

downhilla1398

alowc1450

downwith1488

downside1664

dahn1849

OE Ælfric Gram. (St. John's Oxf.) 238 Deorsum uersum, nyðerwerd.

OE Aldhelm Glosses (Digby 146) in A. S. Napier Old Eng. Glosses (1900) 105/2 In præceps : nyþerwyrd.

c1175 ( Ælfric Homily (Bodl. 343) in S. Irvine Old Eng. Homilies (1993) 41 He tealde niðerweard..& Lucas tealde upweard.

c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) 144 (MED) Þos hule luste þiderward & hold hire eȝe noþerwad [read noþerward; a1300 Jesus Oxf. neþerward].

a1300 (c1275) Physiologus (1991) 394 Ðe mereman is a meiden ilike: On brest & on bodi oc..Fro ðe noule niðerward ne is ȝe no man like.

c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 7717 Fro the Nauell netherward he was an able horse, And euyn made as a man fro the medill vp.

a1640 T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (1811) (modernized text) §215 224 Netherward to Great Lynd.

1845 Littell's Living Age 22 Feb. 497/1 The poet, or artist generally, is a conductor of the power of imagination, open to receive it from above—open to transmit it netherward.

1894 R. Burton in Atlantic Monthly Apr. 482/1 Under the misty nesses netherward falls, The flood 'neath the earth.

1950 M. Peake Gormenghast xxii. 146 Barquentine spat on the heavy stone..and sent it netherward on its resounding journey.

B. adj.

†1. Turned downwards. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

OE Riddle 21 1 Neb is min niþerweard.

2. Lower, low-lying, bottommost. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adjective] > having downward direction

nethewardeOE

netherwarda1300

prone?a1425

downward1552

clined1594

down1642

groundward1878

a1300 (?OE) Bounds (Sawyer 244) in E. H. Bates Two Cartularies of Benedictine Abbeys of Muchelney & Athelney (1899) 96 In oriente the Rede leygh et deinde on Lanschareweye nytherwardon.

1865–6 W. Whitman When Lilacs last in Door-yard Bloom'd 6 I watch'd where you pass'd and was lost in the netherward black of the night.

1878 T. Hardy Return of Native I. i. vii. 149 But celestial imperiousness, love, wrath, and fervour had proved to be somewhat thrown away on netherward Egdon.

1887 Littell's Living Age 9 July 87/2 One prescription desires that ‘the bowels of an earwig be pounded with the smede of wheaten meal and the netherward part (i.e., root) of marche, and mingled with honey’.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	netherward
释义	netherwardadv.adj. Brit. /ˈnɛðəwəd/, U.S. /ˈnɛðərwərd/ Forms: see nether adv.¹ and -ward suffix; also early Middle English noþerwad (transmission error), 1500s–1600s 1800s– netherward. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nether adv.¹, -ward suffix. Etymology: < nether adv.¹ + -ward suffix. Compare netheward adj., netherwards adv. A. adv. Downwards; to the bottom. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adverb] > in downward direction adowneOE netherwardsOE shireOE netherOE netherOE netherwardOE downOE adownwardOE downwardslOE downwardc1225 downhilla1398 alowc1450 downwith1488 downside1664 dahn1849 OE Ælfric Gram. (St. John's Oxf.) 238 Deorsum uersum, nyðerwerd. OE Aldhelm Glosses (Digby 146) in A. S. Napier Old Eng. Glosses (1900) 105/2 In præceps : nyþerwyrd. c1175 ( Ælfric Homily (Bodl. 343) in S. Irvine Old Eng. Homilies (1993) 41 He tealde niðerweard..& Lucas tealde upweard. c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) 144 (MED) Þos hule luste þiderward & hold hire eȝe noþerwad [read noþerward; a1300 Jesus Oxf. neþerward]. a1300 (c1275) Physiologus (1991) 394 Ðe mereman is a meiden ilike: On brest & on bodi oc..Fro ðe noule niðerward ne is ȝe no man like. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 7717 Fro the Nauell netherward he was an able horse, And euyn made as a man fro the medill vp. a1640 T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (1811) (modernized text) §215 224 Netherward to Great Lynd. 1845 Littell's Living Age 22 Feb. 497/1 The poet, or artist generally, is a conductor of the power of imagination, open to receive it from above—open to transmit it netherward. 1894 R. Burton in Atlantic Monthly Apr. 482/1 Under the misty nesses netherward falls, The flood 'neath the earth. 1950 M. Peake Gormenghast xxii. 146 Barquentine spat on the heavy stone..and sent it netherward on its resounding journey. B. adj. †1. Turned downwards. Obsolete. ΚΠ OE Riddle 21 1 Neb is min niþerweard. 2. Lower, low-lying, bottommost. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adjective] > having downward direction nethewardeOE netherwarda1300 prone?a1425 downward1552 clined1594 down1642 groundward1878 a1300 (?OE) Bounds (Sawyer 244) in E. H. Bates Two Cartularies of Benedictine Abbeys of Muchelney & Athelney (1899) 96 In oriente the Rede leygh et deinde on Lanschareweye nytherwardon. 1865–6 W. Whitman When Lilacs last in Door-yard Bloom'd 6 I watch'd where you pass'd and was lost in the netherward black of the night. 1878 T. Hardy Return of Native I. i. vii. 149 But celestial imperiousness, love, wrath, and fervour had proved to be somewhat thrown away on netherward Egdon. 1887 Littell's Living Age 9 July 87/2 One prescription desires that ‘the bowels of an earwig be pounded with the smede of wheaten meal and the netherward part (i.e., root) of marche, and mingled with honey’. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.adj.OE
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