A prefix or combining element in more than thirty words, chiefly nouns and adjectives, borrowed from L or OF meaning 'three, triple' or 'triply, three times', for example: the nouns tre-foil,……
(a) To stand guard, keep watch; protect (against sth.), guard; also in fig. context; also, defend oneself [last quot.]
(b) to protect (sb. or sth., oneself), defend, guard; protect (sb. or sth.……
(a) To be mindful, be aware; waren of, be knowledgeable concerning (sth.), be skilled in; ware him his fal is nexte his honde, let him be mindful his fall is at hand
(b) to be mindful of (sth.),……
(a) To give notice of some existing circumstance or a past or coincident event, make something known
(b) to inform (sb., sb. of sth.), notify, advise;
(c) to announce (sth. to sb.), proclaim,……
(a) An insect of one of the superfamilies Vespoidea and Sphecoidea, esp. a member of the genus Vespa, a wasp or hornet; also in fig. context; wasp been, ?waspish, aggressive bees; waspe(s nest
(b) in……
(a) To wage war, go to war; attack, do battle, fight, harry; werreien forth; werreien samen, wage mutual war, fight each other
(b) werreien ayen (ayenes), to engage in war against (sb., a city),……
(a) An act of deceit, a deception, trick; an underhanded scheme, a subterfuge; a plot, machination; also, a clever maneuver, tactic, cunning strategy; also person. [quot. c1400(?a1387)]; wile and……
