Definition of "wargus" in Englisch

noun

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

   • The Old Norse word for wolf (vargr) was also the legal term for “outlaw”—that is, the wolf is that person who is outside the law. In ancient Germanic law, the term wargus was used to refer to both the outlaw and the wolf-man.]