gùerre

See also: guerre

Norman

Alternative forms

• dgèrre (Jersey)
• djère, guère (Guernsey)
• gyer (Sark)

Etymology

From Old French guere, from Early Medieval Latin werra, borrowed from Frankish *werru (“confusion; quarrel”).

Noun

gùerre f (plural gùerres)

1. (France) war
   • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎^[1], page 532:

     Pâques Martine—guerre, peste, ou famine.

     Easter in March forebodes war, pestilence, or famine.