Etymology

wariangle

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Today it means: Any of various aggressive shrikes of the genus Lanius, such as the red-backed shrike or great grey shrike, sometimes known as butcherbirds. Full definition →

Middle English wariangel ← Old English *weargincel
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  1. Old English · inherited from*weargincel
  2. Middle English · inherited fromwariangel
  3. English todaywariangle

From Middle English wariangel, weryangle, possibly from Old English *weargincel with the second element reanalyzed as *weargengel. Compare Old English wearg (“outlaw, criminal”), German Würgengel (“destroying angel, destroyer, killer”), -incel (“diminutive suffix”) and English worry.

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