Leód-weard

According to the Old English Dictionary:

e;

leód-weard

f. The guard or government of a people or country, Cd. 59; Th. 72, 1; Gen. 1180: 60; Th. 72, 3; Gen. 1196: 145; Th. 181, 6; Exod. 57. leod-weard