wernard
Middle English
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editEtymology
editFrom Old French *wernard, guernart (“deceitful”), from guernir ("to deny"; > modern French garnir), from Frankish *warnijan, related to Old Saxon wernian (“to deny”). Equivalent to warnen + -ard.
Noun
editwernard (plural wernards)
- A deceiver; a liar.
- c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section II:
- Wel ȝe witen wernardes · but if ȝowre witte faille / That fals is faithlees · and fikel in his werkes.
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