warry

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English

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Alternative forms

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  • wary (Northern England, Scotland)

Etymology

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From Middle English warrien, warien, waryen, werien, werȝen, from Old English wirġan, wirġean, weriġan, wirian (to curse, revile), from Proto-West Germanic *wargijan, from Proto-Germanic *wargijaną (to curse), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (to twist, bend, crook).

Verb

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warry (third-person singular simple present warries, present participle warrying, simple past and past participle warried)

  1. (transitive, archaic or dialectal) To curse; execrate; abuse; speak evil of.
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