Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *angrawarjazScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_angrawarjaz
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Germanische Sprachwissenschaft III: WortbildungslehreHansKraheWolfgangMeidWalter de Gruyter1969A Gothic Etymological DictionaryWinfred P.LehmannBrill1986aA Handbook of Germanic EtymologyVladimirOrelBrill2003-wareinhabitants-verjarinhabitants, peopleAmsivariīinhabitants by the EmsChasuariīinhabitants by the Hase
nounmasculineja-stema meadow-dweller; a member of the Angrivarii, a Germanic people of the middle Weser regionFrom *angraz¹ + *warjaz, literally ‘dweller in the meadows/Anger-land’. The formation is directly reflected in Latin Angrivariī and Ancient Greek Ἀνγριουάρροι (Angriouárroi) and belongs to a productive ethnonymic type in *-warjaz. Compare Latin Amsivariī and ChasuariīLehmann 1986a: 389–90, s.v. wairKrahe & Meid 1969: 223. The second constituent is independently reflected in Old English -ware and Old Norse -verjar. It probably developed from an older sense ‘defender, protector’, ultimately belonging with *warjanąLehmann 1986a: s.v. *warjanOrel 2003: s.v. *warjanan.