beward
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To guard about or completely; protect.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English *bewarden inherited from Old English beweardian (protect, ward, keep) prefix from English ward (toward, keeping, ward, direction).
Origin
English
ward
Gloss
toward, keeping, ward, direction
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
向
Emoji
🧭
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bearward English
- castleward English
- fireward English
- hayward English
- hogward English
- steward English
- ward English
- wardcorps English
- wardest English
- wardeth English
- wardless English
- wardmate English
- wardmote English
- wardroom English
- wardship English
- wardsman English
- wardswoman English
- whenceward English
- woodward English
- beweardian Old English
- weardian Old English
- *bewarden Middle English
- ward Middle English
- ward Manx
- iwodi Zulu
- wot Tok Pisin