warr

See also: Warr

English

Noun

warr (plural warrs)

1. Obsolete form of war.
   • 1641, Joseph Hall, The Works of the Lord, in Judgment and Mercy (sermon)

     […] one of the most rich, and flourishing countreys^[sic] of the Christian world […] now wasted with the miseries of a long and cruell warr, wallowing in blood, buried in rubbidge and dust […]

Anagrams

• rawr

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German wār, from Old High German hwār, wār, from Proto-Germanic *hwar (“where, to which place”). Cognate with German wo, Dutch waar, English where, Icelandic hvar.

Adverb

warr

1. (Uri) whither, where (to which place)

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co.

Middle English

Adjective

warr

1. Alternative form of werre (“worse”)

Adverb

warr

1. Alternative form of werre (“worse”)

Noun

warr

1. Alternative form of werre (“worse”)

Vilamovian

warr

Etymology

From Early New High German werr f.

Noun

warr f (plural warra)

1. mole cricket, any of various large insects from the family Gryllotalpidae that burrow into moist soil and feed on plant roots.