Obs. Forms: 1 wearʓ(e)-, wearhbrǽde, 6 warrybrede, 8 waribreed. [OE. wearhbrǽde wk. fem., f. *wearh- = WARE sb.6, pus, matter + -brǽde cogn. w. brǽd flesh.] In OE. some kind of ulcer or eruption; in 16–18th c. = WARBLE sb.2 2.
c. 1000. Ælfric, Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 158/23. Impetigo, eaʓan wenn, uel wearhbræde.
c. 1050. Voc., ibid., 457/6. Neuum, wearʓebræde.
c. 1000. Sax. Leechd., I. 26. ʓif hwylcum wearʓbræde [v.r. wearh.; L. ulcus] weaxe on þam nosum oððe on þam hleore.
1523–34. Fitzherb., Husb., § 63. There be beastes that wyll haue warrybredes in dyuers partes of theyr body and legges.
1725. Bradley’s Family Dict., s.v. Warnel-worm, This Disease in some Cattle runs into divers Parts of their Bodies, called by some the Wari-breed.
