- Ēadweard,
composed of the
elements ēad "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and
weard "guardian, protector”. The name
Edward was very po****r in Anglo-Saxon England...
- made up of the
tasks of a
domestic steward, from stiġ (house, hall) and
weard, (ward, guard, guardian, keeper). In the beginning, it
referred to the household...
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feaht mid þam
mannum þe him gelæstan woldon, þær
wearð micel wæl geslægen on ægðre healfe. Ðær
wearð ofslægen
Harold kyng,
Leofwine eorl his broðor, Gyrð...
- name/first name,
derived a
Middle English variant of Hereward; here (“army”) +
weard (“guard”).
Harvard Sitkoff (born 1945),
American historian Allison Harvard...
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English word "stigweard", a
compound of "stig"
meaning household, and "
weard", a
guardian (ward), or from the
Gaelic Stiùbhart
meaning steward. Alternative...
- hlāford, hlāfweard, meaning, literally, "bread-keeper", from hlāf ("bread") +
weard ("guardian, keeper") and by
extension "husband, father, or chief". (From...
- [ˌɦeːrɦyɣoːˈʋaːrt] ; West
Frisian Dutch: Heerhugoweard,
Heregeweard or De
Weard) is a city in the Netherlands, in the
province of
North Holland and the...
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thought of him as the hereward' (Old English: here, lit. 'army' and no:
weard, lit. 'guard') – the
supervisor of the
military force. That this
later use...
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cognate Mac-), of mead-settees atee (deprive),
egsode eorlas. Syððan ǣrest
ƿearð [and] ugg (induce
loathing in, terrify;
related to "ugly") earls. Sith (since...
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Codex Exoniensis fæder
alwealda "Father all-ruler"
Beowulf (630)
Weard "Guard"
heofonrices Weard "the
heavenly kingdom's Guard" Cædmon's hymn Beowulf...
