warr
See also: Warr
English
Noun
warr (plural warrs)
- Obsolete form of war.
- 1641, Joseph Hall, The Works of the Lord, in Judgment and Mercy (sermon)
- […] one of the most rich, and flourishing countreys[sic] of the Christian world […] now wasted with the miseries of a long and cruell warr, wallowing in blood, buried in rubbidge and dust […]
- 1641, Joseph Hall, The Works of the Lord, in Judgment and Mercy (sermon)
Anagrams
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Middle High German wār, from Old High German hwār, wār, from Proto-Germanic *hwar (“where, to which place”). Cognate with German wo, Dutch waar, English where, Icelandic hvar.
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co.
Vilamovian

warr
Etymology
From Early New High German werr f.
Noun
warr f (plural warra)
- mole cricket, any of various large insects from the family Gryllotalpidae that burrow into moist soil and feed on plant roots.
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