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wargus

noun /ˈwɔː(ɹ)ɡəs/

  1. An outlaw, outcast, or exile; one driven out of society for their crimes.

    historical

    If anyone has dug up or despoiled a body already in the sepulchre, let him be an outlaw (wargus) — that is, let him be expelled from that district until it is agreeable to the relatives of the dead and those relatives themselves have sought on his behalf that he be allowed to live within the district.

Where it comes from

From Anglo-Latin wargus, from wearg, wearh (“outlaw, criminal”), from Proto-West Germanic *warg, from Proto-Germanic *wargaz (“criminal, wolfish individual”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to twist, bend, crook”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry wargus (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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