duruweard

Old English

Etymology

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

duruweard m

1. doorkeeper, porter

Declension

Declension of duruweard (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	duruweard	duruweardas
accusative	duruweard	duruweardas
genitive	duruweardes	duruwearda
dative	duruwearde	duruweardum

Descendants

• Middle English: dorward

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “dūruweard”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.