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warg

warg

1 9.9
A large animal like a wolf in fantasy stories
  • noun
  • /wɔrg/
  • Literature
translation icon : warg
  • THE BATTLE RAGES ON... ANGLE ON: A WARG takes ARAGORN off guard and knocks him from HASUFEL.
  • warg rider
  • warg charges

Examples

  • Aragorn! Warg! We are under attack!

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Suddenly, Legolas rides by and kills the Warg with a well-placed arrow!

    Fiction book (2002)

  • WIDE ON: The WARG charges across the field of battle.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • The Warg closes in for the kill.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • A Warg pack was waiting for him on the outskirts of Esgaroth.

    The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

  • A pale Orc... astride a white Warg.

    The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

  • Send out your Warg-riders.

    The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

  • Legolas leaps from his lookout point and fires an arrow, felling the Warg and throwing his rider to the ground.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • The Rohirrim meet up with an orc patrol, traveling on bestial wargs, and a battle ensues.

    Blog text (32)

  • In the dark forest, the warg howled, sending chills down the spines of the adventurers.

Synonyms

dire wolf
vswarg
  • Literature
7.9

A huge magical wolf that appears in stories or myths

also used as an old word for a wolf in historical language

Surface Forms

warg singular
wargs plural

Etymology

Warg comes from an old Norse word vargr meaning 'wolf'. That's why a warg in stories is a large, wild wolf-like creature.