Also 7 Sc. waird. Aphetic form of AWARD.
c. 1400. Beryn, 3568. They made Syrophanes,… plegg[e] fynd … To byde þe ward & Iugement of þat he had mys-do.
1464. in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm., App. V. 332. All thes wardes and ordenances forsaide.
1477. Stonor Papers (Camden), II. 27. I have done my dewte in every ponte accordyng to your warde.
1531. Abstr. Protocols Town Clerks Glasgow (1897), IV. 30. As air fwnd be ane ward of þe court. Ibid. (1534), 68. Efter ane ward and dome of court gevin in the tolbwtht of Glasgw.
1609. Skene, Reg. Maj., Quon. Attach., xxxvi. § 3. Ilk soytour … sould be examinat in thrie courts, gif he can make recorde of the court (of ane proces deduced in court) or report ane sufficient warde (interloquutour) or dome, anent wardes, or exceptions asked in the court. Ibid., II. Table 101. They [the suitors] sould trye, advise, and pronunce the wardes (interloquutors) of court.
