Waranten, v. to warrant, C3.

Ward, sb. a guard, SD; wardes, pl., SD.—­AS. weard (m.), ‘custos’.

Ward, sb. world (Lancelot of the Laik, E.E.T.S.  No. 6).  See Werd.

Warde, sb. ward, custodia, S; ward, care, heed, regard, S2; keeping, Prompt.—­AS. weard (f.), ‘custodia.’ Comb.:  wardemotes, meetings of a ward, P.

Warden, v. to guard, S; warded, pp., S2.—­AS. weardian.

Wardeyne, sb. warden, Prompt.; wardeyn, CM, Voc.; wardane, B; wardeynes, pl., umpires, G.—­AF. wardein.

Wardone, sb. a kind of pear, volemum, Prompt.

Wardrobe, sb. a house of office, CM.

Ware, sb. merchandise, S2, C3, G, SkD.—­Icel. vara; cp.  AS. waru, care, custody, (Grein).

Ware, sb. host, collection, S2. Comb.:  helleware, the host of hell, SD; watres ware, waters, S2; windes ware, winds, S2.—­AS. _-waru_ (Grein), see Fick, 7. 291.  Cf. Were.

Ware, sb. spring, H; wayr, ver, Cath.; were, B.—­Icel. vAir.

Ware, sb. weir, dam, HD; wore, S2; were, CM.—­AS. wer (SkD); cp.  Icel. vArr.

Ware, adj. comp. worse, H; see Werre.

Ware, v. to lay out, to spend, S2, HD, JD, Palsg. (p. 452); wayr, commutare, Cath., JD; war, JD.—­Icel. verja, to clothe, to invest money, to spend.  See Werien.

Wareyne, sb. a warren, Prompt.; warrayne, HD. Der.:  warnere, warrener, Prompt.; warner, P, HD, Bardsley.—­AF. warenne (garenne, garreyne); Low Lat. warenna; from OHG. war- in warjan.  See Warant.

Warh (in compounds), an outlawed felon. Comb.:  warh-treo, the felon’s tree, the gallows (used of the cross of Christ), S.—­AS. wearh, an outlawed felon, a wolf; cp.  Icel. vargr, a wolf, an outlaw.  With warh-trA(C)o cp.  OS. warag-treo, Icel. varg-*trA(C), also AS. wearh-rA cubedd (Voc.).

Wari-angel, sb. a butcher-bird, a small woodpecker, WA (p. 469); wary-angle, Cotg. (s.v. pie).

Warice, v. to heal, cure, to be cured, C3; warschyn, convalesco, Prompt.; warisch, WA; warysshe, Palsg.; warisshed, pp., Prompt. (n).—­OF. wariss-, pr. p. stem of warir, garir (F. guA(C)rir), of Teut. origin; OHG. warjan, to protect.  Cf. Warant.

Warien, v. to curse, S, S2, S3, W, H (Ps. 108. 27), C3; werien, H; varyit, pt. s., S2; wereged, pp., S.—­AS. wergian; cp.  OHG. (fur)_wergen_ (Tatian).  AS. wergian, from wearh, an accursed person, an outlawed felon.  See Warh.