English

Alternative forms

• waryson (14th-16th centuries)
• warrison

Noun

warison ‎(plural warisons)

1. (obsolete) Wealth, possessions; a treasure (literal or figurative).
2. (obsolete) A reward, recompense.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter xxij, in Le Morte Darthur, book IX:

     whanne sire Tristram was in the see / he said / Grete wel kyng Marke and all myn enemyes / and saye hem I wille come ageyne whan I maye / And wel am I rewarded for the fyghtynge with sire Marhaus […] and wel I am rewarded for […] many other dedes haue I done for hym / and now haue I my waryson

3. (obsolete after misuse by Walter Scott) A war cry played to order the soldiers to attack (normally played on a bugle).

Old French

Noun

warison f ‎(oblique plural warisons, nominative singular warison, nominative plural warisons)

1. Alternative form of garison

Descendants

• English: warison (borrowed)