Weriend
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - weriend
According to the Old English Dictionary:
werigend, es;
- weriend
- m. A defender, protector:--Ic eom ðín wergend ego protector tuus sum, Gen. 15, 1. Utan lufian úre cyrican, for ðam heó bið úre friðiend and werigend, Wulfst. 239, 7. Hig woldon sumne weriend habban, ðe hí geheólde wið ðæt hǽðene folc, Ælfc. T. Grn. 6, 43.