-wards,
v. i. [AS.
-weard,
-weardes; akin to OS. & OFries.
-ward. OHG.
-wert, G.
-wärts, Icel.
-ver&edh;r, Goth.
-vaírþs, L.
vertere to turn,
versus toward, and E.
worth to become. √143. See
Worth.
v. i., and cf.
Verse. Adverbs ending in
-wards (AS.
-weardes) and some other adverbs, such as
besides,
betimes,
since (OE.
sithens). etc., were originally genitive forms used adverbially.].