From Middle English wardein, from Anglo-Norman wardein, Old Northern French wardein, from warder, variant of Old French guarder (whence modern French garder, also English guard), from Proto-Germanic *ward-; related to Old High German wartēn. Compare guardian, French gardien, from Old French guardian, guardein. Compare also ward and reward. guardian.
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