æweweard

Old English

Etymology

From ǣwe (“law”) +‎ weard (“guard”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ǣweweard m

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

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	ǣweweard	ǣweweardas
accusative	ǣweweard	ǣweweardas
genitive	ǣweweardes	ǣwewearda
dative	ǣwewearde	ǣweweardum

Synonyms

• *gydda
• sacerd
• prēost

References

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