Etymology

beward

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Today it means: To guard about or completely; protect. Full definition →

Middle English *bewarden ← Old English beweardian
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  1. Old English · inherited frombeweardian“to ward, protect, keep”
  2. Middle English · inherited from*bewarden
  3. English todaybeward

From Middle English *bewarden, from Old English beweardian (“to ward, protect, keep”), equivalent to be- + ward.

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