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weard

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
weard, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§376; §637;
a guard, warder, watchman, sentinel
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  • Ðara wearda sum geseah ðæt of heofonum com án læs feówertig wuldorbeága . . . ðá gecerde se weard tó Criste,

      Shrn. 62, 5-8.
  • Weard Scyldinga, se ðe holmclifu healdan scolde,

      Beo. Th. 464; B. 229: Ps. 126, 2.
  • Se weard (

    the angel at the gate of Eden

    ),
      Cd. Th. 58, 21; Gen. 949.
  • Ða weardas

    custodes,

      Mt. Kmbl. 28, 4, 11.
  • Ða weardas heóldon ðæs cwearternes duru,

      Homl. Th. ii. 382, 4.
  • Snelle gemundon weardas wígleóð,

      Cd. Th. 191, 27; Exod. 221.
  • Hine twégen ymb weardas wacedon,

      Exon. Th. 109, 6; Gú. 86.
  • Ða byrgene besettan mid wacelum weardum (

    custodibus

    ),
      Homl. Th. ii. 262, 8: Mt. Kmbl. 27, 66: Blickl. Homl. 177, 29.
  • Salomones reste wæs mid weardum ymbseted, ðæt waes mid syxtigum werum,

      11, 16.
  • Hé sette him weardas ofer,

      Jos. 10, 18: Homl. Skt. i. 11, 210. I a. fig. :--
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  • Geác, sumeres weard,

      Exon. Th. 309, 8; Seef. 54.
  • Bánhúses weard

    the mind,

      Cd. Th. 211, 9; Exod. 523.
a guardian, protector, lord
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  • Ðære cneórisse wæs Cainan aldordéma, weard and wísa,

      Cd. Th. 70, 22; Gen. 1157.
  • Ðú (Nebuchadnezzar ) hæleðum eart ána eallum eorðbúendum weard and wísa,

      251, 19; Dan. 566.
  • Engla weard (

    Lucifer

    ),
      2, 20; Gen. 22.
  • Cyning, beáhhorda weard,

      Beo. Th. 1847; B. 921.
  • Ríces weard,

      2784; B. 1390.
  • Folces weard, 5019; B. 2513. ¶ the term is often used of the Deity :-- Weard

    servatorem (animae tuae,

      Prov. 24, 12), Kent. Gl. 932.
  • Rodera weard,

      Cd. Th. 1, 2; Gen. 1.
  • Lífes weard,

      9, 20; Gen. 144.
  • Sigores weard,

      Exon. Th. 15, 29; Cri. 243.
  • Wuldres weard,

      33, 17; Cri. 527.
  • Heofonríces weard,

      Andr. Kmbl. 104; An. 52.
Etymology
[Goth. daura-wards: O. Sax. ward a guard, a guardian: O. H. Ger. wart custos: Icel. vörðr.]
Similar entries
v. bát-, botl-, brego-, brycg-, burh-, carcern-, cweartern-, dæg-, drihten-, duru-, edisc-, eorþ-, éðel-, fore-, forþ-, freoðu-, gold-, gúþ-, hæg-, heáfod-, healf-, hearg-, heofon-, hof-, hord-, hýð-, irfe-, land-, lást-, leác-, leáctún-, lid-, mearc-, mere-, mylen-, niht-, regn-, regol-, scip-, sele-, stig-, stóc-, wudu-, wyrt-weard; also such proper names as Æþel-weard, Eád-weard.
Linked entries
v.  æftan-weard ǽg-weard fóre-weard.
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