"wariangle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wariangles [plural], warriangle [alternative]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wariangel}} Middle English wariangel, {{inh|en|ang|*weargincel}} Old English *weargincel, {{cog|ang|wearg|t=outlaw, criminal}} Old English wearg (“outlaw, criminal”), {{cog|de|würgengel|t=destroying angel, destroyer, killer}} German würgengel (“destroying angel, destroyer, killer”), {{cog|en|worry}} English worry Head templates: {{en-noun}} wariangle (plural wariangles)
  1. (UK, obsolete or dialect) The red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio). Tags: UK, dialectal, obsolete

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Alternative forms

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