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Source: Torp, page b0396, entry 7
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varha n. Eiter. isl. nnorw. var n. Augenschleim; ags. wearg-brde Geschwür; ahd. warah n. Eiter; mhd. warch. (An. vari serum entweder hierher (germ. * varhan) oder wahrscheinlicher (= germ. * varan) zu vara Wasser.) Vielleicht zu sver schwären (s. sver 3), (s)ver?

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Source: Wright's Gothic Grammar, page b0333, entry 12
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láuna-wargs, sm. an unthankful person, 389. OE. wearg, OHG. warch, criminal.


Source: Bosworth/Toller, page b1157, entry 3
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wærc, wræc, es; m. Wark (in Northern dialects), ache, pain:--Mé sár gehrán, wærc in gewód, Exon. Th. 163, 29; Gú. 1001. Seó reádnes and bryne ðæs swyles and wærces rubor tumoris ardorque, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 31. Wið magan wærce . . . Wið wambe wærce, Lchdm. ii. 318, 4, 15: 356, 19, 22. From wærc deáðes a dolore mortis, Jn. Skt. p. 2, 3. Wærco ádla dolorum, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 8. Wærcco, Mk. Skt. Lind. 13, 8. The word occurs mostly in compounds, v. bán- (Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 83), blder- (Lchdm. ii. 320, 3), breóst- (Lchdm. ii. 4, 23), ceol- (Lchdm. ii. 312, 2), cneó-, eág-, eár-, felle-, fylle-, fót-, heáfod-, heals- (Lchdm. ii. 312, 5), heort-, lenden-, lifer-, liþ-, milte-, rysel- (Lchdm. ii. 318, 15), sculdor-, síd-, stic-, sweor-, tóþ-, þeóh-, þeór-wærc (-wræc). [On eðelich stiche, oðer on eðelic eche (oðer warch, MS. T.), A. R. 282, 12. For evel and werke in bledder, Rel. Ant. i. 51, 34: Icel. verkr: Dan. værk.]


Source: Bosworth/Toller, page b1177, entry 8
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wearg(-h), es; m. I. of human beings, a villain, felon, scoundrel, criminal :-- Wearg furcifer, Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 66. Wearh, 152, 2. Wearh sceal hangian, fægere ongildan ðæt r fácen dyde manna cynne, Menol. Fox 572; Gn. C. 55. héton (the cross) heora wergas hebban, Rood Kmbl. 62; Kr. 31. II. of other creatures, a monster, malignant being, evil spirit :-- Under ðæm stáne wæs niccra eardung and wearga, Blickl. Homl. 209, 34. sceolun þrowian weán 7 (and; prep. ? or = on) wergum, nalles wul[d]res bld habban in heofnum we must suffer woe with accursed ones, not have glorious honour in heaven, Cd. Th. 267, 22; Sat. 42. [Þe wari of þeos wordes warð wrað, Marh. 4, 12. Ic am unwurð as weri (v. l. wari) þet is anhonged, A. R. 352, 21. Ich wulle hine anhon haxst alre warien, Laym. 28215. Goth. launawargs an unthankful person: O. H. Ger. ubiles, palowes warc tyrannus: der warch diabolus: Icel. vargr a wolf; an outlaw. Graff quotes the latinized form wargus = expulsus, latrunculus. See Grmm. R. A. p. 733.] v. heoru-wearh, and next word.



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