Das Schiff verließ den Hafen und ward nie wieder gesehen.

What word is this? “ward”. What’s the lemma?

Its an archaic form of ‘war’ that you should forget immedieately.

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Yeah, “ward nie wieder gesehen” is a set phrase. I’ve never seen “ward” in current usage except for this phrase. You can otherwise only find it in archaic texts.
ward = wurde, which explains the “d”.

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I see, thanks a lot for your help!