warg
English
/ˈwɑːɡ/
noun
Definitions
- (fantasy) A type of particularly wild or hostile wolf.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Norse vargr (wolf, outlaw, evildoer).
Origin
Old Norse
vargr
Gloss
wolf, outlaw, evildoer
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
狼
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- varg Norwegian Bokmål
- *wargaz Proto-Germanic
- *wargiþō Proto-Germanic
- varg Norwegian Nynorsk
- wearg Old English
- weargcweþan Old English
- wearh Old English
- wiergþu Old English
- morðvargr Old Norse
- vargr Old Norse
- vargur Icelandic
- vargher Old Swedish
- gvarj Westrobothnian
- warg Westrobothnian
- wærg Westrobothnian
- warg Elfdalian