An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 952
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 952
WARISON, WARYSOUN, WARESONE, _s._ Reward, O. E.
_Barbour._
O. Fr. _guarison_, garantie, paiement.
WARISON, _s._ Note of a.s.sault.
_Lay Last Minstr._
Perh. q. _war-sound_; Fr. _guerre_, and _son_.
_To_ WARK, WERK, _v. n._ To ache; _yerk_, S.
_Wallace._
A. S. _waerc_, Su. G. _waerk_, dolor; _waerk-a_, dolere.
WARK, WARKE, _s._ Work, S.
_R. Bruce._
~Warkly~, _adj._ Given to work, diligent, S.
Germ. _wirklich_, effective.
~Warkloom~, _s._ A tool or instrument for _working_, in whatever way, S.
V. ~Lome~.
_Polwart._
~Warkman~, _s._ A labourer, S.
_R. Bruce._
WARLD, _s._
1. The world, S.
_Wallace._
Su. G. _wereld_, id.
2. A great mult.i.tude, S.
_K. Quair._
WARLIEST, _adj._ Most wary.
A. S. _waerlic_, cautus.
_Gawan and Gol._
WARLO, _s._ A wicked person.
_Dunbar._
~Warlo~, _adj._ Evil; especially in regard to temper.
_Evergreen._
A. S. _waer-loga_, a wicked person.
WARLOCK, _s._ A wizzard, a man who is supposed to be in compact with the devil, S.
_Sat. Invis. World._
Isl. _vardlok-r_, a magical song used for calling up evil spirits.
WARM, _s._ The act of warming, S.
_Ross._
_To_ WARNE, _v. a._ To refuse.
_Wallace._
A. S. _wern-an_, to refuse, to deny.
_To_ WARNIS, _v. a._ To warn, S. B.
A. S. _warnig-an_, id.
_To_ WARNYS, _v. a._ To furnish a fortified place with the provision necessary for defence, or for the support of the defenders.
_Barbour._