duruweard
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *durawardaz. Equivalent to duru (“door”) + weard (“guardian, watchman”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃 (daurawards, “porter, gatekeeper”), Icelandic dyravörður (“porter”) and German Torwart (“goalkeeper”).
Noun edit
duruweard m
Declension edit
Declension of duruweard (strong a-stem)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | duruweard | duruweardas |
| accusative | duruweard | duruweardas |
| genitive | duruweardes | duruwearda |
| dative | duruwearde | duruweardum |
Descendants edit
- Middle English: dorward
References edit
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “dūruweard”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.