Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
A type of particularly wild or hostile wolf.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo possess the mind of (and see through the eyes of) another person or animal. · To switch to another player character during a game.
Learned borrowing from Old Norse vargr (“wolf”), reintroduced by J. R. R. Tolkien; compare also Old English wearg. The verb senses emerged from the use of warg in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire novels as a noun referring to a person with a magical skin-changing ability.
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