défenseur, n.
1. (protecteur, soutien) bewerigend (m. nd) ♦ burhweard/burgweard (m. a) ♦ friþa/freoþa (m. an) ♦ (ge)friþiend (m. nd) ♦ geheald (m. ou nt. i) ♦ gehola/gehala (m. an) ♦ healdend (m. nd) ♦ helm (m. a), got. hilms (m. a), v.n. hjálmr (m.), v.h.a. helm (m. a) > all.m. Helm, v.s. helm, v.fr. helm ♦ hlēo(w)/hlīw (m. wa) > a.m. lee, got. hlija (m. et nt. a), v.n. hlé, v.s. hleo, v.fr. hlī ♦ hreddere (m. ja) ♦ mundbora (m. an), v.h.a. muntporo, v.s. mundboro ♦ mundbyrdnes (f. jō) ♦ mundiend (m. nd) ♦ þeccend (m. nd) ♦ weriend/wer(i)gend, v.fr. werand {m. nd}. (RELIGION : soutien ) andfangol ♦ an(d)feng/onfeng (m. i) ♦ and(f)enga/ondfenga/andfencgea (m. an) ♦ andfengend (m. nd) ♦ (ge)sci(e)ldend/(ge)scyldend (m. nd) ♦ healdend (m. nd) ♦ scildere (m. ja) ♦ weard > a.m. ward, got. wards, v.h.a. wart > all.m. Wart {m. a}, v.s. ward.
2. (SOLDAT) forefeohtend (m. nd). défenseur d’un pont brycgweard/bricgweard (m. a). défenseur de la ville burhweard/ burgweard (m. a).
3. (EN JUSTICE) getēama/getȳma (m. an).
4. (intercesseur, avocat) midsp(r)ecend (m. nd) ♦ þingere (m. ja), v.fr. thingere.
5. (partisan) frē(o)nd/frīond/frī(e)nd/frīand > a.m. friend, got. frijōnds, v.n. frændi, v.h.a. friunt > all.m. Freund, v.s. friund, v.fr. friond/friund {m. nd} ♦ gefēra (m. an) ♦ gefylsta (m. an). (apologiste) belādigend (m. nd) ♦ lǣdend (m. nd) ♦ midsp(r)eca (m. an).