Obs. Of doubtful origin and meaning; perh. identical with WARE sb.1, ORE5 (OE. wár) seaweed, but possibly repr. OE. wára, wárum, glossing med.L. sablonum, sablonibus ? sandy or pebbly shore (see, however, note in Napier’s O. E. Glosses, p. 49).
c. 1310. Alysoun, iv. in Wright, Lyric P., 28. Icham for wowyng al forwake, wery so water in wore.
13[?]. Maximon, in Böddeker, Altengl. Dicht., 249. Y wake as water in wore; iesu crist, þin ore!
