Middle English Dictionary Entry
vær n.
Entry Info
| Forms | vær n. |
| Etymology | Prob. aberrant form of wæl, var. of wal n.(2) (b); cp. OI valr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A group of slain warriors, the slaughtered.
Associated quotations
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)422 : Brutus…heihte for his lufe al his leode-ferde þat heo nomen þat vær [alt. from: þær, ?error for wær; Otho: deade] & wel hit biburiede.