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weard

Pronunciation: /wæ͜ɑrd/

“weard” is an Old English word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

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

Etymology

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”).

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