"war" meaning in Scots

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Noun

Forms: wars [plural], wer [alternative], weir [alternative]
Etymology: From Middle English werre, from Old Northern French, ultimately a Frankish loan. Etymology templates: {{inh|sco|enm|werre}} Middle English werre, {{der|sco|fro-nor|-}} Old Northern French, {{der|sco|frk|-}} Frankish Head templates: {{head|sco|noun|||plural|wars|||||cat2=|cat3=|head=}} war (plural wars), {{sco-noun}} war (plural wars)
  1. war
    Sense id: en-war-sco-noun-otjapCgb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Etymology: From Middle English were, weren, from Old English wǣre, wǣron, wǣren, from Proto-Germanic *wēz-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes-. Etymology templates: {{inh|sco|enm|were}} Middle English were, {{inh|sco|ang|wǣre}} Old English wǣre, {{der|sco|gem-pro|*wēz-}} Proto-Germanic *wēz-, {{der|sco|ine-pro|*h₂wes-}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- Head templates: {{head|sco|verb form}} war
  1. first/second/third-person plural simple past indicative of be; were Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, past, plural, second-person, third-person Form of: be (extra: were)
    Sense id: en-war-sco-verb-BrgRw0OE Categories (other): Scots entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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