weard – Old English noun declension

Noun: weard
Gender: m f n

Nominative

Singular	weard
Plural	weardas; wearda; wearde; weard

Genitive

Singular	weardes; wearde
Plural	wearda

Dative

Singular	wearde
Plural	weardum

Accusative

Singular	weard; wearde
Plural	weardas; wearda; wearde; weard

Sample Sentences

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.) [10th century, The Seafarer:]

Nouns inflected like weard

weard, weall,

Etymology

1. From Proto-West Germanic *ward, from Proto-Germanic *wardaz, related to a stem-verb *warōną (“be on guard”) (whence warian).
2. Cognate with Old High German warta (“watch”) (German Warte (“watchtower”)), Old Saxon warda (Middle Dutch warde), Old Norse varða (“cairn”). See: German Nouns 'Warte', Old Norse Nouns 'varða'.

Verbs referencing "weard"

English Nouns ward, Irish Nouns barda, Middle English Nouns warde.