| 释义 |
ˈhead-ward, n. Obs. exc. Hist.
[OE. héafodweard: cf. ON. hǫfuðvǫrðr body-guard.]
The guarding or protection of the lord's head or life; attendance as a guard upon the lord or king.
c1000Rect. Sing. Pers. in Thorpe Anc. Laws (1840) I. 432 Heafod-wearde healdan and hors-wearde. 1861Pearson Early & Mid. Ages Eng. 206 note, He must..do heed-ward and horse-ward, go post far and near, as he is told. 1883Green Conq. Eng. 331 To keep ‘head-ward’ over the manor at nightfall, or horse-ward over its common field..were tenures by which the villagers held their land. |