▪ I.‖ wardinObs.rare. Also vardin. [Du.waardinn, fem. of waard (= G. wirt) landlord.] A landlady, hostess. 1493Halyburton 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. ▪ II.wardin obs. form of warden.