Middle English Dictionary Entry
ward-setle n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ward-setle n. Also (in place name) wa-; pl. (early) weardsetlen. |
| Etymology | OE weard-setl |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A guard post; also, a guard, sentinel;
(b) in place name [see Smith PNElem. 2.247].
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)27/2 : Þa læig Petrus…betwux þan cæmpen…Heo þa ofereodan þa twa weardsetlen, oððe heo becomen to þan irene geate.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)51/24 : Seofen weardsetlen [OE weard-setl] wacoden ofer þone casere.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)52/4 : Þa ferde his gast swiftlice, &…þone Godes feond ofstang, his weardsetlen onlokinden.
b
- (1221) EPNSoc.4 (Wor.)336 : Wasthill.
- (1275) EPNSoc.4 (Wor.)336 : Wasthull.