beward
beward verb: to guard about or completely; protect.
Verb
beward (third-person singular simple present bewards, present participle bewarding, simple past and past participle bewarded)
- To guard about or completely; protect.
- Hrothgar's Thane, and full strongly then set he a-quaking The stark wood in his hands, and in council-speech speer'd he: What men be ye then of them that have war-gear, With byrnies bewarded, who the keel high up-builded Over the Lake-street thus have come leading.1895, William Morris, A.J. Wyatt, Beowulf
Forms of beward
| third-person singular present | bewards |
|---|---|
| present participle | bewarding |
| past participle | bewarded |
| past | bewarded |
Origin of beward
From Middle English *bewarden, from Old English beweardian (“to ward, protect, keep”), equivalent to be- + ward.
Words that rhyme with beward
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- umbilical cord
- afford
- ord
- reward
- sward
- toward
- hoard
- untoward
- -lord
- abhorred
- bored
- destination board
- disaccord
- greatsword
- horde
- onboard
- smorgasbord
- unoared
- adored
- bell chord
- chored
- concord
- deboard
- discord
- fjord
- gord
- gored
- guide board
- hoared
- ignored
- m'lord
- milord
- moored
- oared
- of one's own accord
- outward
- restored
- secured
- sord
- whored
Questions about beward
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- Beward means to guard about or completely; protect.
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- The past tense of beward is bewarded.
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