Obs. rare. Also vardin. [Du. waardinn, fem. of waard (= G. wirt) landlord.] A landlady, hostess.
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1493. Halyburton, Ledger (1867), 5. Paid to our vardin of Bery 4s. that scho lent hym. Ibid. Paid for a gon [= gown] that I causit our wardin frist hym.
