Middle English Dictionary Entry
garde v.
Entry Info
| Forms | garde v. |
| Etymology | OF garder |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
In expressions from French: ~ rere, watch out behind; so Deu me ~, as God preserve me.
Associated quotations
- 1448-a1500 Rich.(b-version:Brunner)116/58 : This is he, so Deue me garde!
- c1470 Chaucer CT.Rv.(Phys-L 388)A.4101 : Garderere [Heng: Keep! keep! stand! stand! Iossa, warderere!].
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500(?1451) Poem Waynflete (Add 60577)110 : To they sawe your lordeshyppe ther hertis were sett on fyre And yave to theyr guides grete rewarde and huyre To garde and conduct theym to yowre high presence.
Note: Needs gloss. & prob. new (a)