beward

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beward

Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)d

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

verb bewards · bewarding · bewarded

rare, transitive To guard about or completely; protect. Hrothgar's Thane, and full strongly then set he a-quaking The stark wood in his hands, and in council-speech speer'd he: What men be ye then of them that have war-gear, With byrnies bewarded, who the keel high up-builded Over the Lake-street thus have come leading.

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@misc{beward_2026,
  title = {beward},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/beward},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}