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Middle English
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman wardein, from warder (“to guard”), variant of Old French guarder (“to guard”) (whence modern French garder, also English guard), from Proto-Germanic *ward-. Cognate with Middle English garde.
Noun
wardein (plural wardeins)
- a warden
Descendants
References
Old French
Etymology
Found in northern dialects/Old Northern French, such as Old Norman. From *guardein, from the verb guarder, of Germanic origin. Compare also warder.
Noun
wardein oblique singular, m (oblique plural wardeinz, nominative singular wardeinz, nominative plural wardein)
- (Old Northern French, Anglo-Norman) protector; guard; guardian
Descendants