Obs. Forms: α. 4 warnestur, 4–5 warn(e)sto(o)re, warnystor. β. 4–5 warmstore. [f. prec. sb.] trans. To furnish with supplies. Also, to fortify, secure.
c. 1350. Will. Palerne, 1121. Wel þei were warnestured of vitayles i-now.
c. 1374. Chaucer, Boeth., I. pr. iii. (1886), 7. We þat ben … warnestored and enclosyd in swich a palis whider as chateringe or a-noyenge folye ne may nat atayne. Ibid. (c. 1386), Melib., ¶ 2487. Ye sholde doon youre diligence to kepen youre persone and to warnestoore youre hous. Ibid., ¶ 2523. That I shal warnestoore myn hous with toures … and Armure and Artelries.
c. 1400. trans. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh., 57. It ys to ȝelde to ilk man þat his ys, ffor so er citeez warmstoryd and rentys gyuen.
Hence † Warnestoring vbl. sb.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Melib., ¶ 2525. Warnestooryng … of heighe toures and of grete edifices.
