Obs. rare. Also vaumward, vawme-. [var. of vaun(t)ward VANTWARD. Cf. VAWARD.] The vanguard of a host or army.
13[?]. Coer de L., 4025. These rydden in the vawmewarde.
1338. R. Brunne, Chron. (1810), 188. He gaf him þe vamward. Ibid., 334. Þer vaumward was sone dight.
