weard

See also: -weard

Old English

Alternative forms

  • uueard, ward
  • uard — early Northumbrian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wæ͜ɑrd/, [wæ͜ɑrˠd]

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *ward, from Proto-Germanic *wardaz, related to a stem-verb *warōną (“be on guard”) (whence warian).

Cognate with Old High German warta (“watch”) (German Warte (“watchtower”)), Old Saxon warda (Middle Dutch warde), Old Norse varða (“cairn”).

Noun

weard m

  1. guard
    • 10th century, The Seafarer:
      Swylċe ġēac monað ġeōmran reorde, singeð sumeres weard, sorge bēodeð bitter in brēosthord.
      Also cuckoo goads with the sad voice, the summer’s guard sings, gives bitter sorrow in heart.
Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative weard weardas
accusative weard weardas
genitive weardes wearda
dative wearde weardum
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Middle English: warde, ward

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *wardu, from Proto-Germanic *wardō.

Noun

weard f

  1. guard, the action of looking out for danger
Declension

Strong ō-stem:

singular plural
nominative weard wearda, wearde
accusative wearde wearda, wearde
genitive wearde wearda
dative wearde weardum
Descendants

Etymology 3

From Proto-West Germanic *waiʀd, from Proto-Germanic *waizdaz.

Noun

weard n

  1. alternative form of wād
Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative weard weard
accusative weard weard
genitive weardes wearda
dative wearde weardum
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