† adownwardadv.prep.

Forms: see adown adv. and prep. and -ward suffix.

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

Etymology: < adown adv. + -ward suffix. Compare later downward adv.

Obsolete.

A. adv.

In a descending direction; down. Also: to a lower state or condition. Cf. downward adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [adverb]

adowneOE

downOE

adownwardOE

downwardc1175

pronewise1585

descendingly1614

downwardly1662

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 Bounds (Sawyer 201) in D. Hooke Worcs. Anglo-Saxon Charter-bounds (1990) 116 Fram þam Cristes mæle ofdunweard ondlang anre ealdre dic.

lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1083 Sume of ðam cnihtan..scotedon adunweard mid arewan toweard þam haligdome.

c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (1973) 1996 (MED) An engel..com..fleoninde aduneward [v.r. adunewart].

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 4637 Hamun arnde upwarð [read upward] & oðer while adunward.

c1300 St. Francis (Laud) l. 57 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 55 Bi a churche of seint Damian a day he cam gon, Þat ope þe poynte was to falle a-doun..for þe churche was adoneward al i-brouȝt.

c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 7474 (MED) Þe normans..stones adonward slonge.

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) 2447 (MED) Þorw is heued, chyn, & berd Þat swerd adounward fledde.

?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) i. pr. i. l. 87 Þis compaygnie of muses I-blamed casten wroþely þe chere adounward to þe erþe.

c1425 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Harl.) 362 (MED) Þe Normans were aboue þe doune..And byturnde hem aboue al heselyche as yt wold be adonward.

B. prep.

Down from. Cf. adown prep. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > direction > specific directions > [preposition] > in a downward direction upon

anovenonOE

adownwardc1275

adowna1350

downc1425

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 961 Corineus..hine fusde mid mæine aduneward þa clude [c1300 caste hine adun mid þe cleue], þat his ban to-cluuen.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	adownward
释义	† adownwardadv.prep. Forms: see adown adv. and prep. and -ward suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: adown adv., -ward suffix. Etymology: < adown adv. + -ward suffix. Compare later downward adv. Obsolete. A. adv. In a descending direction; down. Also: to a lower state or condition. Cf. downward adv. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [adverb] adowneOE downOE adownwardOE downwardc1175 pronewise1585 descendingly1614 downwardly1662 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 Bounds (Sawyer 201) in D. Hooke Worcs. Anglo-Saxon Charter-bounds (1990) 116 Fram þam Cristes mæle ofdunweard ondlang anre ealdre dic. lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1083 Sume of ðam cnihtan..scotedon adunweard mid arewan toweard þam haligdome. c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (1973) 1996 (MED) An engel..com..fleoninde aduneward [v.r. adunewart]. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 4637 Hamun arnde upwarð [read upward] & oðer while adunward. c1300 St. Francis (Laud) l. 57 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 55 Bi a churche of seint Damian a day he cam gon, Þat ope þe poynte was to falle a-doun..for þe churche was adoneward al i-brouȝt. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 7474 (MED) Þe normans..stones adonward slonge. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) 2447 (MED) Þorw is heued, chyn, & berd Þat swerd adounward fledde. ?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) i. pr. i. l. 87 Þis compaygnie of muses I-blamed casten wroþely þe chere adounward to þe erþe. c1425 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Harl.) 362 (MED) Þe Normans were aboue þe doune..And byturnde hem aboue al heselyche as yt wold be adonward. B. prep. Down from. Cf. adown prep. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > specific directions > [preposition] > in a downward direction upon anovenonOE adownwardc1275 adowna1350 downc1425 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 961 Corineus..hine fusde mid mæine aduneward þa clude [c1300 caste hine adun mid þe cleue], þat his ban to-cluuen. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.prep.OE
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