Be-warian
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - be-warian
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- be-warian
- Substitute: I. to guard one's self against (wiþ) :-- Mon hine bewarige wið ðá leohtmódnesse mentis levitas caveatur, Past. 308, 5. II. to ward off from :-- þ ú inc bám twam meaht wíte bewarigan, Gen. 563. III. to guard, protect :-- Hé bewarað (but the Latin word thus glossed is cernit) þá burn, Hpt. 31, 15, 405. Be-warede protexit, Hpt. Gl. 489, 67 : 500, 73. Eádweard éðel bewarede, Chr. 1065; P. 195, 14. Heorda bewarian and bewerian, Ll. Th. i. 374, 29: Wlfst. 191, 15. [O. Frs. bi-waria: O. H. Ger. pi-warón servare, providere.]