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Waering
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Waering is a Germanic surname. Although Grant Allen[1] and Isaac Taylor[2] described Wæring as an Anglo-Saxon clan name equivalent to the Norse Væringjar (autonym of the Varangians), the eminent British philologist Walter William Skeat suggested that it might be a patronymic.[3]
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![]() Nicholas Roerich: Guests from Overseas (1899), a painting depicting Varangians, Scandinavians who ruled Kievan Rus' and traded with the Byzantine Empire, as well as both Anglo-Saxons and Scandinavians who served as bodyguards to the Byzantine emperor. Varangian derives from Varangus, Medieval Latin for Old English Wæring or Old Norse Væringi, from which the various forms of the surname Waering are also derived. | |
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Meaning | a Varangian, a confederate or, literally, 'sworn companion' |
Region of origin | Denmark, England, Germany, Norway, Sweden |
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Variant form(s) | Væring, Väring, Wæring, Wäring |
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