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Þ þ (thorn)
Ð ð (eth)
Ʒ ʒ (yogh)
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121.
ward(e
n.
Additional spellings:
warde
190 quotations in 7 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) Keeping, care, custodial possession; safekeeping, storage; protection, preservation; maintenance;
sauf ward
[see also
sauf
adj.
6.
(c)];
ward store
, provisions, stores [prob. by reanalysis of
warne
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122.
warnen
v.
207 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) To give notice of some existing circumstance or a past or coincident event, make something known (b) to inform (sb., sb. of sth.), notify, advise; (c) to announce (sth. to sb.), proclaim,…
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