Weard

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Contents 1 Old English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1 1.4 Noun 2

Old English

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’.

Pronunciation

IPA: /wæaɹd/

Noun 1

weard m (pl weardas)

1. a guardian, watchman

Noun 2

weard f (pl wearda or wearde)

1. guard, the action of looking out for danger