werra

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See also: Werra

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowing of Frankish *werru.

Noun

werra f (genitive werrae); first declension[1][2]

  1. (Medieval Latin, nonstandard) Alternative form of guerra (war)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

See *werra.

References

  1. ^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “wera”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 1131
  2. ^ werra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Nyunga

Adjective

werra

  1. no good
    • Papers of Daisy Bates, National Library of Australia, MS 365, Section XII, Language: Grammar And Vocabularies, Part 2. B. 3. (a), Southwestern District, Jakbum & Wabbinyet of Albany:
      alle werra (that is no good)

References

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *werru (confusion; quarrel).

Noun

werra f

  1. trouble

Descendants

  • Middle High German: wërre

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *werru (confusion; quarrel).

Noun

werra f

  1. trouble

Descendants