Weardhlāford (Nīwenglisc: Lord Protector) is nama geboren in Bretta stǣr be fēam eorlum in þāra handum cwōman þæt rīce. In þǣm Middelyldum bǣron menn þisne bīnaman ðā wǣron hwīlendlice rīceras þā hwīle þe wæs se Cyning tō geong oþðe æfweard.