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wearda

  • noun [ masculinefeminine ]
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wearda, (?), wearde (?), an; m. or f.
A watchman or a watch
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  • Óð weardan hylle; fram weardan hylle (the beacon-hill? Cf. Icel. varða a beacon; varð-berg

    a look-out place: O. H. Ger.

    wart-perg),
      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 191, 34.
  • Cf. On weardæs beorh,

      291, 23: 112, 32.
  • Weardan

    excubiae,

      Ælfc. Gr. 13; Zup. 84, 16.
Etymology
[Goth. wardja a guard: O. H. Ger. warto.]
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