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waru

  • noun [ feminine ]
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waru, e (but acc. waru, Ps. Th. 118, 17) ; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§366;
Watchful care,
observance, keeping of a command, etc.
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  • Ic on lifdagum lustum healde ðínra worda waru

    vivam et custodiam sermones tuos,

      Ps. Th. 118, 17.
where need for caution is implied,
heed, care
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  • Ða wiðerwinnan wurdon oferswíðde þurh ðæs gewinne and ware,

      Homl. Th. ii. 338, 2.

  • Antiochus giémde hwæt né hæfde monna gerímes, and ne nom náne ware húlíce hié wǽron,

      Ors. 5, 4; Swt. 224, 22.
care for the safety of others
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  • Se hýra ne bið náðor ne mid ware ne mid lufe ástyred,

      Homl. Th. i. 240, 28.

  • Paulus ne éhte geleáffulra manna ðurh andan, ac ðurh ware ðære ealdan ǽ,

      390, 6.
safe-keeping, custody, keeping from injury, guard: — Stód se gréna wong in Godes wære, Exon. Th. 146, 32 ; Gú. 718: 143, 17; Gú. 662: Andr. Kmbl. 1648; An. 825. Ðé God hæfde wære bewunden God kept thee on every side, 1069; An. 535. Wære betolden, 1976 ; An. 990. Him Scyld gewát on Freán wære, Beo. Th. 54; B. 27. In Godes wære, Menol. Fox 79; Men. 39. Hé gást ágeaf on Godes wære, 432 ; Men. 217. Hér Eádward kingc sende sáwle tó Criste on Godes wæra, Chr. 1065 ; Erl. 196, 23.
defence, protection against attack, guard
Geísnedum beládiendlícre ware [scilde] wiðþyddende leásere wróhte arwan ferrato apologeticae defensionis clypeo retundens strophosae accustionis catapultas, Hpt. Gl. 505, 61. Tó ware ad lutelam (defensionem) (leo ad tutelam virginis Dei nutu diri*-*gitur, Ald. 45), 484, 49. Nán man ne dorste for ðæra deóra ware ðám hálgum geneálécan, Homl. Skt. ii. 24, 56, 60. Scealt ðú for ware úra goda wíta ðrowian for the protection of our gods thou shall suffer punishments, Homl. Th. i. 594, 4. Cyninge gebyraþ ðæt hé sý on ware and on wearde Cristes gespeliga, L. I. P. 2 ; Th. ii. 304, 23. Hié ealle ongeán hiene wǽron feohtende and ðone weg létan bútan ware (they left the road unguarded), ðæt seó fierd þǽr þurhfór in se omnes pugnando convertit, donec exercitus angustias transiret, Ors. 4, 6 ;
    Swt. 172, 22.
Hié wǽron ða burg hergende and sleánde búton ǽlcre ware (without any defence being offered), 2, 8; Swt. 92, 16. Ware ł gescildnysse defensionem, Hpt. Gl. 471, 61, Ðú mé behéte fulle wære (ware, v. l.) wið æfter*-*sprǽce thou didst promise complete protection against claim, L. O. 7; Th. i. 180, 23. Hý ðæs wære cunnon, healdaþ hine twá hund wearda, Salm. Kmbl. 518 ; Sal. 258. His ware munitiones ejus, Blickl. Gl.
Etymology
[To habbe som gret cite or castel me to ware (for my defence), R. Glouc. 115, 9. Goth. warei astutia : O. Sax. wara heed (wara niman) ; safekeeping (wara Godes sókean) : O. Frs. ware: O. H. Ger. wara (wara nernan, tuon) heed, care.]
Similar entries
v. niht-, út-waru.
Linked entries
v.  wer-genga.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “waru.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/34709.

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