warg
warg · wargs
A type of particularly wild or hostile wolfA type of particularly wild or hostile wolf.
UK/ˈwɑːɡ/US/ˈwoɹɡ/
Meaning
1 sensesA type of particularly wild or hostile wolf.
Origin
Learned borrowing from Old Norse vargr (“wolf”), reintroduced by J. R. R. Tolkien; compareLearned 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.
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