[f. WAR v.1 + -ING1.] The action of the verb.
13[?]. K. Alis., 6095. Ac, for they weore in the fen Kyng Alisaunder leoseth many men, Ac, allegate, the kynges Losen ten ageyns on in werrynges.
c. 1380. Wyclif, Wks. (1880), 147. Þei techen cristen men to sufre … moche wakynge & dispisynge & betynge for to gete worldly honour & a litel drit bi fals werrynge out of charite.
a. 1450. Le Morte Arth., 2975. Arthur louyd noght but warynge.
c. 1450. Lovelich, Merlin, 12,022. To Socouren leodagan the kyng that in his contre bath gret werryng.
a. 1625. Fletcher, Hum. Lieut. II. v. Leu. When was the Prince with her? answer me directly. Gov. Not since he went a warring.
b. fig.
1511. Colet, Serm. Convoc., A viij b. The warrynge of them is wat carnall but spirituall. For our warrynge is to pray, to rede and study scriptures [etc.].
1884. Athenæum, 5 Jan., 15/2. A sense of effort in reading a poem … arises from a warring between the rhythm of nature and the rhythm peculiar to the metrical structure adopted.
