Toward the dawn or toward the direction where dawn breaks; toward the east.
From 'dawn' plus the suffix '-ward' (from Old English 'weard' meaning direction). The '-ward' suffix is used to indicate direction: 'eastward,' 'homeward,' 'forward,' showing movement toward a location or goal.
The '-ward' suffix is like a compass built into English—it turns any location into a direction. Medieval travelers would say 'dawnward' more poetically than 'eastward,' showing that practicality and poetry weren't opposites.
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