† wariern.
Obsolete.
One who curses.
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the mind > language > malediction > [noun] > one who swears or abuses
curser1303
ribalda1325
warier1382
swearerc1386
reviler1517
reproacher?1532
scogginist1593
damme1618
foulmoutha1640
God damn me1640
damner1647
juror1653
comminator1682
muck-spouta1825
guttermouth1965
potty mouth1969
1382 J. Wyclif Psalms xxi. 17 The counseil of warieris [L. concilium malignantium] besegide me.
1382 J. Wyclif 1 Cor. v. 11 A..cursere [gloss] or wariere [L. maledicus].
c1410 Lantern of Light 131 War [i] ars, cursars, schidars, sclaundirars & blasfemars.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 516/2 Waryare, or bannare, imprecator, -trix, anathematizator, maledicus.
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1874) IV. 226 That, ȝou to pleys, I set all schame behind, Offeryng me to my weriouris wilfully.
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