Type Word & Element
Usage Old Saxon [1], Frankish (Hypothetical)
Meaning & History
Old Saxon and Frankish word meaning "guard, guardian".
Related Items
Other Languages & Culturesweard(Anglo-Saxon) wards(Gothic) warda(Late Roman) wardaz(Old Germanic) wart(Old High German) vǫrðr(Old Norse)
Given Name DescendantsTjaart(Afrikaans) Sigeweard(Anglo-Saxon) Sigurd(Danish) Dieuwke, Sjoerd, Tjeerd, Sieuwerd(Dutch) Seward(English) Dieuwert, Dieuwke, Sjoerd, Tjaard, Tjeerd(Frisian) Siegward(German) Sigiward, Siward, Theodoard(Germanic) Sigurður(Icelandic) Sievert(Low German) Sigurd, Sigurðr(Norse Mythology) Sigurd, Sivert, Sjurd(Norwegian) Sigiwardaz(Old Germanic) Sigurðr(Old Norse) Sigurd, Sigvard, Sivert(Swedish)
Surname DescendantsSeward, Sowards(English) Sigurdsson, Sigurðsson(Icelandic) Ó Suaird, Seward, Sowards(Irish) Sigurdsson(Swedish)
Sources & References
- Köbler, Gerhard. Altsächsisches Wörterbuch, entry ward, available from https://www.koeblergerhard.de/aswbhinw.html.
