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单词 norward
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norwardadv.n.

Brit. /ˈnɔːwəd/, U.S. /ˈnɔrwərd/
Forms: early Middle English 1500s– norward, 1800s– nor'ard; English regional 1800s norad, 1800s– norrard, 1800s– norrid, 1800s– norrit (northern), 1800s– norrud; also Scottish 1800s norit, 1800s– norart, 1800s– nor'art, 1800s– norrard, 1900s– norard, 1900s– norat, 1900s– norrat, 1900s– norret, 1900s– norrit.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: northward adv.
Etymology: Variant of northward adv. (compare β. forms at north adv., adj., and n.).
Now regional.
A. adv.
In a northerly direction; northward.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > North > [adverb]
northeOE
by northc893
northwardseOE
northwardOE
benorth1087
norwarda1450
northly1480
northerly1538
northernly1576
northenwards1591
at north1625
septentrionally1646
north-about1673
norwards1673
northernly1679
northwardly1726
anorth1807
north-away1820
northbound1867
up-along1908
a1450 ( Bounds (Sawyer 909) in S. R. Wigram Cartulary Monastery St. Frideswide (1895) I. 4 Shette vppe norward to ye forlongeshaued.
1532 in Privy Purse Expences Henry VIII (1827) 283 So moche by him paied to maister vicechamberlayn at his going Norward by the kings commaundement.
1568 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS f. 249v Quhen Phebus..At morn sall rys out of his cours to care Norward doun in to the samyn degre Than [etc.].
a1618 J. Sylvester tr. Little Bartas in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (1621) 770 The more that they are Nor-ward driven.
1681 Viscountess Campden in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. V. 56 They do not like to come norward so late in the yeare.
1714 E. Ward Field-spy 3 Norward I wander'd from the sinful Hive, Where swarms of Knaves by hidden baseness thrive.
1803 A. Boswell Poet Wks. (1871) 21 They're landed, and norward they're comin'.
1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 81 Norward now we'll hold our course.
1865 Ld. Tennyson Captain 35 Stately, lightly, went she Norward, Till she near'd the foe.
1900 Cornhill Mag. Dec. 743 The wind be up a bit more nor'ard.
1986 R. A. Jamieson Shoormal 23 I'll lukk dy glureks..Scravlin, lurrin da boo o wyrds Apo dy tongue, norard t'Norn.
B. n.
Chiefly with the. The north; a northerly region or direction.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > North > [noun] > part or place
Thulec888
northdealeOE
north halfeOE
northwardeOE
north endOE
northlandOE
northdalec1175
north sidec1275
northwardc1350
northa1500
northwards1574
norlanda1578
norwardc1612
northa1631
northing1644
c1612 W. Strachey Hist. Trav. Virginia (1953) i. 10 Holding all along the Sea-coast, to the Nor-ward 200 miles and from the Point of the sayde Cape Comfort al along the Sea-coast to the So-ward 300 myles.
1673 R. Head Floating Island 16 It lies in the midst of Golpho de Thame-Isis: The Christian-shore lying to the Norward, and the Turkish-shore to the Southward.
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 22 A fair Wind soon set us once more to the Norward of the Equinoctial.
1700 Gov. Nicholson in W. S. Perry Hist. Coll. Amer. Colonial Church: Virginia (1870) I. 118 In Pennsylvania and to the Norward.
1833 J. Neal Down-easters I. vi. 76 If the wind cants in a little more 't the norrard the fog 'll scale off.
1878 W. C. Russell Wreck of Grosvenor (ed. 2) II. iv. 107 In order to assure our safety, and lessen the chance of detection, we ought to abandon her clear of these islands, to the norrard of them, off this coast her.
1900 Shetland News 7 July Ir ye gaein ta da nordert?
1977 T. Russell Tales Pigeon Inlet 30 Jonas boy, you take this swatch. I'll take the one further to the nor'ard.
1987 W. Golding Close Quarters iv. 45 She has drifted off half a point to norrard.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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