wernard

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English wernard, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French *wernard, guernart (“deceitful”), from guernir ("to deny"; > modern French garnir), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Frankish *warnijan, related to Old Saxon wernian (“to deny”). Equivalent to warn +‎ -ard.

Noun

wernard (plural wernards)

1. (obsolete) A deceiver; a liar.
   • c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, II:

     Wel ȝe witen wernardes · but if ȝowre witte faille / That fals is faithlees · and fikel in his werkes.

Anagrams

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