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.

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.