† safe ward Obs.
[ward n.]
Safe-guard, safe-keeping.
| 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. v. viii. (Tollem. MS.), The ye liddes..reulen and hilen and gouerne þe yen in saue warde [L. tuta custodia]. 1414 in Proc. Privy Council (1834) II. 142 That..the sauf warde of alle youre [? realm] be wel and suffissantly purveied. c 1420 Avow. Arth. xxx, Inne saue-ward that byurde bryȝte To Carlele to bringe. 1474 Caxton Chesse iii. vi. (1883) 129 To putte hyt in seure and sauf warde and kepynge. |