- ofdúneweardes
- adv downwards
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
downward — c.1200, from DOWN (Cf. down) (adv.) + WARD (Cf. ward). O.E. had aduneweard in this sense. Downwards, with adverbial genitive, had a parallel in O.E. ofduneweardes … Etymology dictionary