Need grammatical help on a German phrase (romantic literature) involving "ward" (old form of "wurde")?

Answer 1

Hello,

"Ward" is an old form of the first and third person singular past tense of "werden": ich ward, er, sie, es ward. Nowadays it's only used as you wrote in old literature. Today one would write ich wurde, er, sie, es wurde.

Have a great day,

Karin