warg

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English

Etymology

Reintroduced by J. R. R. Tolkien, from Old Norse vargr (“wolf”); compare also Old English wearg.

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈwɑːɡ/

Noun

warg (plural wargs)

  1. (fantasy fiction, mythology) A type of particularly wild or hostile wolf. [from 20th c.]
    • 1937, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit:
      Every now and then all the Wargs in the circle would answer their grey chief all together [...].
    • 1993, "jbatka", Multiple colors for PC compatible (on newsgroup rec.hack)
      My question is do all of the executable versions for PC compatibles have the color option enabled? If so, what am I missing to not get say yellow for a hill orc, grey for a goblin, white for my pet, red for a wolf, brown for a warg, etc?
    • 1999, George R. R. Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam 2011, p. 462:
      He'd bought a ton of silver to forge magic swords that would slay the Stark wargs.
    • 2007, Stephen O Glosecki, Myth in Northwest Europe:
      The monsters are identified not as trolls, a word apparently not available in English at the time, but (among other things) as wargs, whatever that means; Grendel is called a heoro-wearh at line 1267 and his mother a grund-wyrgen at line 1518.

See also

Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse vargr, from Proto-Germanic *wargaz, from Proto-Indo-European *werg̑ʰ-.

Noun

warg m

  1. wolf
Declension
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Declension of warg
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative warg wargen warger wargär
accusative warg wardjin warga wargą
dative wardje wardjem wargum wargum(e)
genitive — — — —

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

warg f

  1. genitive plural of warga

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "gmq-bot" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., fron Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "gmq-bot" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E..

Pronunciation

Noun

Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "gmq-bot" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.

  1. wolf
  2. wheelbarrow

Alternative forms

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "gmq-bot" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "gmq-bot" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "gmq-bot" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "gmq-bot" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "gmq-bot" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "gmq-bot" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
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