† head-wardn.¹

Forms: see head n.¹ and ward n.²

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: head n.¹, ward n.²

Etymology: < head n.¹ + ward n.²In Old English a strong feminine (hēafodweard ). Compare also Old English (strong masculine) hēafodweard chief guard or guardian, leader ( < head n.¹ + ward n.¹) and its Old Icelandic parallel hǫfuðvǫrðr bodyguard.

Obsolete.

The action of guarding the person or life of one's lord; attendance as a guard upon one's lord.In quot. OE with reference to a death watch. In quots. lOE¹, lOE² denoting a legal obligation associated with land tenure.In quot. 1861 and occasional later use only in renderings or discussions of the Old English attestations in Beowulf and Rectitudines.

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the world > life > death > obsequies > [noun] > vigil or wake

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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > retainer or follower > [noun] > armed retainer or bodyguard > action of

head-wardOE

OE Beowulf (2008) 2909 Wiglaf siteð ofer Biowulfe,..eorl ofer oðrum unlifigendum, healdeð higemæðum heafodwearde.

lOE Laws: Rectitudines (Corpus Cambr.) i. 444 Eac of manegum landum mare landriht arist to cyniges gebanne, swilce is..sæweard & heafodweard & fyrdweard.

lOE Laws: Rectitudines (Corpus Cambr.) ii. 445 Geneatriht is mistlic be ðam ðe on lande stænt: on sumon he sceal..heafodwearde healdan & horswearde.

1861 C. H. Pearson Early & Middle Ages Eng. 206 (note) He must..do heed-ward [sic] and horse-ward, go post far and near, as he is told.]

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

单词	head-ward
释义	† head-wardn.¹ Forms: see head n.¹ and ward n.² Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: head n.¹, ward n.² Etymology: < head n.¹ + ward n.²In Old English a strong feminine (hēafodweard ). Compare also Old English (strong masculine) hēafodweard chief guard or guardian, leader ( < head n.¹ + ward n.¹) and its Old Icelandic parallel hǫfuðvǫrðr bodyguard. Obsolete. The action of guarding the person or life of one's lord; attendance as a guard upon one's lord.In quot. OE with reference to a death watch. In quots. lOE¹, lOE² denoting a legal obligation associated with land tenure.In quot. 1861 and occasional later use only in renderings or discussions of the Old English attestations in Beowulf and Rectitudines. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > obsequies > [noun] > vigil or wake head-wardOE watcha1325 vigilc1374 lyke-wakec1405 wake1412 latewake1667 waking1823 society > authority > subjection > service > servant > retainer or follower > [noun] > armed retainer or bodyguard > action of head-wardOE OE Beowulf (2008) 2909 Wiglaf siteð ofer Biowulfe,..eorl ofer oðrum unlifigendum, healdeð higemæðum heafodwearde. lOE Laws: Rectitudines (Corpus Cambr.) i. 444 Eac of manegum landum mare landriht arist to cyniges gebanne, swilce is..sæweard & heafodweard & fyrdweard. lOE Laws: Rectitudines (Corpus Cambr.) ii. 445 Geneatriht is mistlic be ðam ðe on lande stænt: on sumon he sceal..heafodwearde healdan & horswearde. 1861 C. H. Pearson Early & Middle Ages Eng. 206 (note) He must..do heed-ward [sic] and horse-ward, go post far and near, as he is told.] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.¹OE
随便看	wait wait a mo wait about wait about, about one, on every side wait after wait and see wait around wait at a trencher wait at table wait attendance wait captain wait close upon wait fee wait for wait for dead men's shoes wait for it wait it out wait like piffy wait like piffy on a rock bun wait of wait off wait on wait on a person hand and foot wait on a person to hand and foot wait on hand and foot

† head-wardn.1

† head-wardn.¹