weard

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Contents 1 Old English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Descendants

[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

From Germanic *waroþō, an extension of a stem-verb *wāro- ‘be on guard’ (OE warian). Cognate with Old High German warta ‘watch’ (German Warte ‘watchtower’), Old Saxon warda (Middle Dutch warde), Old Norse varða ‘cairn’.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /wæɑrd/

[edit] Noun

weard m. (plural: weardas) f. (plural: wearda or wearde)

1. (masculine) guardian, watchman
2. (feminine) guard, the action of looking out for danger

[edit] Descendants

• English: ward
• English: Edward
• Icelandic: vörður m.