wardein

Middle English

Alternative forms

• wardeine, wardeyn, wardeyne, wardaine, wardan, wardane, warden, wardyn, wardeynesse, wardence

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman wardein, from warder (“to guard”), variant of Old French guarder (“to guard”) (whence modern French garder, also English guard), from Proto-Germanic *ward-. Cognate with Middle English garde.

Noun

wardein (plural wardeins)

1. a warden

Descendants

• English: warden
  • → Welsh: warden, gwarden

References

• “wardein, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old French

Etymology

Found in northern dialects/Old Northern French, such as Old Norman. From *guardein, from the verb guarder, of Germanic origin. Compare also warder.

Noun

wardein oblique singular, m (oblique plural wardeinz, nominative singular wardeinz, nominative plural wardein)

1. (Old Northern French, Anglo-Norman) protector; guard; guardian

Related terms

• warder

Descendants

• → English: warden