wardo

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *wardōn (to guard, protect).

Supposedly attested in the seventh century in the form guardāre, but this has yet to be confirmed.[1] The earliest certain attestation appears to be the prefixed rewardant in the Reichenau Glossary.

Verb

wardō (present infinitive wardāre, perfect active wardāvī, supine wardātum); first conjugation (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. to herd (cattle)
  2. to guard

Conjugation

Descendants

References

  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “wardare”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 1129