Werrynge

Part of speech: verb, noun

Definitions

1. Engaging in armed conflict or strife against an opponent ; pestering, troubling, or confusing another person with constant annoyance
2. Carrying on a war or hostile struggle ; bothering, harassing, or perplexing someone through persistent disturbance
3. Fighting or battling in open hostility ; vexing or worrying another person by repeated harassment and disturbance

Etymology: "Werrynge" is a Middle English spelling of the present participle of "werren," meaning "to make war," which is the ancestor of modern "warring." Its underlying noun, "werre," reached English from Anglo-Norman, the French of the English ruling class after 1066, and it came from a Frankish word meaning "confusion" or "strife." Armed conflict, in other words, began as a word for disorder.