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weard

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
weard, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§376; §637;
ward, guard, watch
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  • Gefangen on hergiunge oþþe æt wearde

    utrum explorantem an in praelio raptus,

    • Ors. 4, 11
      • ;
    • Swt. 206, 5.

  • Healdaþ wearde dæges and nihtes

    die ac nocte manebitis observantes custodias,

    • Lev. 8, 35.

  • Weras wæccende wearde heóldon,

    • Judth. Thw. 23, 26
      • ;
    • Jud. 142
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 616
      • ;
    • B. 305.

  • Wið wráð seros wearde healdan,

    • 644
      • ;
    • B. 319
      • :
    • Exon. Th. 48, 6
      • ;
    • Cri. 767
      • :
    • 282, 16
      • ;
    • Jul. 664.

  • Weardum

    excubiis,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 12.

  • Lux et tenebre ðe ðás werþeóda weardum healdaþ,

    • Exon. Th. 192, 5
      • ;
    • Az. 101.

  • Wærda excubias, Hpt. Gl. 476, 29.

a watch, a body of men keeping watch
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  • Hí besetton his birgene mid wearde,

    • Jud. Thw. p. 161, 12.
guardianship, protection, keeping
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  • Heora feorh generede mihtig Metodes weard,

    • Cd. Th. 230, 18
      • ;
    • Dan. 235.

  • Cristenum cyuinge gebyraþ ðæt hé sý on fæder stæle cristenre þeóde, and on ware and on wearde Cristes gespeliga,

    • L. I. P. 2
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 304, 23.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. warta speculatio, cura, custodia, excubiae
:
Icel. vörðr; m. ward, watch, protection.
]
Similar entries
v. ǽg-, fird-, flód-, fore-, heáfod-, hors-, leód-, sǽ-weard; or-wearde.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “weard.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/34829.

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