warg

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Old Norse vargr (“wolf”), reintroduced by J. R. R. Tolkien; compare also Old English wearg. The verb senses emerged from the use of warg in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire novels as a noun referring to a person with a magical skin-changing ability. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈwɑːɡ/, /ˈwɔːɡ/ (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /ˈwɑːɡ/, /ˈwoːɡ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈwoɹɡ/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ɡ, -ɔː(ɹ)ɡ === Noun === warg (plural wargs) (fantasy, mythology) A type of particularly wild or hostile wolf. [from 20th c.] === Verb === warg (third-person singular simple present wargs, present participle warging, simple past and past participle warged) (fantasy, fandom slang) To possess the mind of (and see through the eyes of) another person or animal. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:warg. (Crusader Kings fandom slang) To switch to another player character during a game. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:warg. === See also === dire wolf === Anagrams === GAWR, Garw == Elfdalian == === Etymology === From Old Norse vargr, from Proto-Germanic *wargaz, from Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ-. === Noun === warg m wolf ==== Declension ==== == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /wɑrɡ/, [wɑrˠɣ] === Noun === warg m (Anglian) alternative form of wearg ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvark/ Rhymes: -ark Syllabification: warg Homophone: wark === Noun === warg f genitive plural of warga