war-wolfn.

Brit.

/ˈwɔːwʊlf/, U.S.

/ˈwɔrˌwʊlf/

1. Historical. A kind of siege engine.A translation of lupus belli, occurring in the Flores Historiarum (‘Matthew of Westminster’) in the account of Edw. I's siege of Stirling in 1304, where it is said that the battering-ram (aries) proved almost useless, but that the less costly ‘war-wolf’ was much more effective. In an Anglo-Norman document relating to this siege ( Cal. Documents Scotl. II. 405), the same machine is mentioned as ‘le lup de guerre’. The medieval Latin lupus is found elsewhere as the name of a military engine, but nothing seems to be known of its nature. The conjecture that war-wolf is a perversion of werewolf n. is unfounded.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > engine of war > [noun] > engine for seizing ram

wolf1489

war-wolf1610

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > [noun] > genus Canis > canis lupus (wolf) > large or fierce

wolfc725

werewolfa1425

war-wolf1610

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 400 Of these Mangonells, Patraries, Trabucks, Bricols, Espringolds, and of that which our ancestors termed the Warwolfe, by which..they discharged volies of mighty huge stones.

1614 W. Camden Remaines (rev. ed.) 239 Some kind of Bricol it seemed which the English & Scots called an Espringold, the shot whereof K. Edward the first escaped faire at the siege of Striuelin; wher he with another Engine named the Warwolfe pierced with one stone,..two vauntmures.

1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc viii. 534 The war-wolfs there Hurl'd their huge stones.

1810 J. Porter Sc. Chiefs IV. i. 23 The war-wolfs sent forth showers of red-hot stones into the midst of the Scottish battalions.

a1839 W. M. Praed Legend of Drachenfels xi The mightiest engines that ever the trade Of human homicide hath made, Warwolf, balist, and catapult.

2. Used by Scott for: A fierce warrior.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > [noun]

wyec900

rinkeOE

earlOE

manlOE

champion?c1225

warrer?c1225

drightmanc1275

here-dringc1275

here-gumec1275

here-kempec1275

wal-kempc1275

warrior1297

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man-of-war1449

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war-manc1485

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Mars1565

warfarer1591

combater1598

Mavortian1598

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fire-eater1792

war-wolf1810

war-hound1812

war-dog1846

toa1860

Mavors1868

fightist1877

ninja1964

simba1964

1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake vi. 272 Lightly we'll tame the war-wolf then.

1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain iii. xvii. 154 He that would win the war-wolf's skin, May rue him of his boast.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	war-wolf
释义	war-wolfn. Brit. /ˈwɔːwʊlf/, U.S. /ˈwɔrˌwʊlf/ 1. Historical. A kind of siege engine.A translation of lupus belli, occurring in the Flores Historiarum (‘Matthew of Westminster’) in the account of Edw. I's siege of Stirling in 1304, where it is said that the battering-ram (aries) proved almost useless, but that the less costly ‘war-wolf’ was much more effective. In an Anglo-Norman document relating to this siege ( Cal. Documents Scotl. II. 405), the same machine is mentioned as ‘le lup de guerre’. The medieval Latin lupus is found elsewhere as the name of a military engine, but nothing seems to be known of its nature. The conjecture that war-wolf is a perversion of werewolf n. is unfounded. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > engine of war > [noun] > engine for seizing ram wolf1489 war-wolf1610 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > [noun] > genus Canis > canis lupus (wolf) > large or fierce wolfc725 werewolfa1425 war-wolf1610 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 400 Of these Mangonells, Patraries, Trabucks, Bricols, Espringolds, and of that which our ancestors termed the Warwolfe, by which..they discharged volies of mighty huge stones. 1614 W. Camden Remaines (rev. ed.) 239 Some kind of Bricol it seemed which the English & Scots called an Espringold, the shot whereof K. Edward the first escaped faire at the siege of Striuelin; wher he with another Engine named the Warwolfe pierced with one stone,..two vauntmures. 1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc viii. 534 The war-wolfs there Hurl'd their huge stones. 1810 J. Porter Sc. Chiefs IV. i. 23 The war-wolfs sent forth showers of red-hot stones into the midst of the Scottish battalions. a1839 W. M. Praed Legend of Drachenfels xi The mightiest engines that ever the trade Of human homicide hath made, Warwolf, balist, and catapult. 2. Used by Scott for: A fierce warrior. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > [noun] wyec900 rinkeOE earlOE manlOE champion?c1225 warrer?c1225 drightmanc1275 here-dringc1275 here-gumec1275 here-kempec1275 wal-kempc1275 warrior1297 battlerc1300 fighterc1300 battle-wrighta1400 man-of-war1449 frekec1475 war-manc1485 combatant1489 Mars1565 warfarer1591 combater1598 Mavortian1598 brave1601 fire-eater1792 war-wolf1810 war-hound1812 war-dog1846 toa1860 Mavors1868 fightist1877 ninja1964 simba1964 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake vi. 272 Lightly we'll tame the war-wolf then. 1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain iii. xvii. 154 He that would win the war-wolf's skin, May rue him of his boast. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1610
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