"hamweard" meaning in Old English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈxɑːm.wæ͜ɑrd/, [ˈhɑːm.wæ͜ɑrˠd] Forms: hāmweard [canonical], hāmweardes [alternative]
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *haimawarda, equivalent to hām (“home”) + -weard. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*haimawarda}} Proto-Germanic *haimawarda, {{af|ang|hām|-weard|t1=home}} hām (“home”) + -weard Head templates: {{ang-adv|head=hāmweard}} hāmweard
  1. homeward; in the direction of home
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          "english": "Year 855 In this year the heathens stayed on Sheppey over the winter for the first time...And in the same year [King Athelwulf] went to Rome with much honor, and stayed there for twelve months. And them he went towards home and King Carl [the Bald] of the Franks gave him his daughter as a queen, and after that Athelwulf returned to his people.",
          "text": "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\nAn. DCCCLV Hēr hǣþene men ǣrest on Sċeapiġġe ofer winter sǣtan...⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare [Aþelwulf cing] ferde to Rōme mid myċelre weorðnesse ⁊ þǣr wæs XII mōnoð wuniġende, ⁊ him þā hāmweard fōr ⁊ him þā Carl Francna cing his dohtor ġēaf him tō cwēne, ⁊ æfter þām tō his lēodum cōm...",
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