wardein

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === wardeine, wardeyn, wardeyne, wardaine, wardan, wardane, warden, wardyn, wardeynesse, wardence === Etymology === From Anglo-Norman wardein, from warder (“to guard”), variant of Old French guarder (“to guard”) (whence modern French garder, also English guard), from Proto-Germanic *ward-. Cognate with Middle English garde. === Noun === wardein (plural wardeins) a warden ==== Descendants ==== English: warden → Welsh: warden, gwarden ==== References ==== “wardein, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Old French == === Etymology === Found in northern dialects/Old Northern French, such as Old Norman. From *guardein, from the verb guarder, of Germanic origin. Compare also warder. === Noun === wardein oblique singular, m (oblique plural wardeinz, nominative singular wardeinz, nominative plural wardein) (Old Northern French, Anglo-Norman) protector; guard; guardian ==== Related terms ==== warder ==== Descendants ==== → English: warden