æweweard

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Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From ǣwe (“law”) +‎ weard (“guard”).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈæː.we.wæ͜ɑrd/, [ˈæː.we.wæ͜ɑrˠd]

Noun[edit]

ǣweweard m

(poetic) A guardian of the divine law; a priest

Declension[edit]

Declension of æweweard (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ǣweweard	ǣweweardas
accusative	ǣweweard	ǣweweardas
genitive	ǣweweardes	ǣwewearda
dative	ǣwewearde	ǣweweardum

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ǣweweard”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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