gùerre

See also: guerre

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French guere, from Early Medieval Latin werra, borrowed from Frankish *werru (“confusion; quarrel”).

Noun

gùerre f (plural gùerres)

  1. (continental) war
    • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎[1], page 532:
      Pâques Martine—guerre, peste, ou famine.
      Easter in March forebodes war, pestilence, or famine.
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