werre

== Hunsrik == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvɛrə/ === Verb === werre They will === Further reading === Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “werre”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Late Old English werre / wyrre (“armed conflict”), from Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French guerre / werre, from Medieval Latin werra, borrowed from Frankish *werʀu (“confusion; quarrel”), from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to mix up, confuse, beat, thresh”). ==== Alternative forms ==== guer, guerre, gwerre, ver, verr, verre, waar, wær, war, ware, warr, warre, weer, weire, weore, weorre, wer, were, werr, weyr, where, wherre, wirre, worre berre (transmission error) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈwɛr(ə)/, /ˈwɛːr(ə)/ (Late Middle English) IPA(key): /war/ ==== Noun ==== werre (plural werres or (rare) werren) A war; a large-scale military conflict. A battle; an encounter between armies. Non-military conflict or strife: A joust or tourney; mock equestrian conflict. (religion) A moral conflict or struggle. (uncommon) Minor armed unrest or attacks. (hunting, rare) The struggles of one's quarry. ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== English: war Scots: wer, weir, war ===== References ===== “wer(re, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 22 January 2019. === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Old Norse verri, from Proto-Germanic *wirsizô. Doublet of worse. ==== Alternative forms ==== war, ware, warr, warre, wer, were, werr, werrar, wor, worre ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈwɛr(ə)/, /ˈwɔr(ə)/ (later) IPA(key): /ˈwar/ ==== Adjective ==== werre (chiefly Northern) comparative degree of yvel; worse comparative degree of ille; worse ===== Descendants ===== English: war, waur, wor (dialectal) Middle Scots: wer Scots: waur ===== References ===== “wer, adj. (comparative).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. ==== Adverb ==== werre (chiefly Northern) comparative degree of yvel (adverb); worse comparative degree of ille (adverb); worse ===== Descendants ===== English: war, waur, wor (dialectal) Middle Scots: wer Scots: waur ===== References ===== “wer”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. ==== Noun ==== werre (uncountable) (chiefly Northern) Something or someone which is more yvel or ille (i.e. worse). ===== Descendants ===== English: war, waur, wor (dialectal) Middle Scots: wer Scots: waur ===== References ===== “wer”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== werre alternative form of werren == Old English == === Alternative forms === wyrre === Etymology === From Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French guerre / werre, from Medieval Latin werra, borrowed from Frankish *werʀu (“confusion; quarrel”), from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to mix up, confuse, beat, thresh”). === Noun === werre f (Late Old English) war (large-scale military conflict) ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: werre, guer, guerre, gwerre, ver, verr, verre, waar, wær, war, ware, warr, warre, weer, weire, weore, weorre, wer, were, werr, weyr, where, wherre, wirre, worre, berre (transmission error)English: warScots: wer, weir, war == Old French == === Etymology === From Medieval Latin werra, from Frankish *werʀu === Noun === werre oblique singular, f (oblique plural werres, nominative singular werre, nominative plural werres) (Old Northern French) alternative form of guerre