Varingus

• Barangus, Farganus, Guarangus, Guaringus, Pharganus, Warangus, Waringus, Wargus, Varaegus, Varegus, Varangus, Vargus

From a Germanic origin, likely via Old Norse væringi (literally “sworn companion”), from vár (“pledge, oath”) +‎ gengi (“companion”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u̯aˈrin.ɡus/, [u̯äˈrɪŋɡʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vaˈrin.ɡus/, [väˈriŋɡus]

Varingus m (genitive Varingī); second declension (Medieval Latin)

1. (historical) Varangian; an ethnic Norseman with ancestral roots in medieval Scandinavia and other areas of Norse settlement during the Viking Age
2. (historical) Varangian; a soldier of Nordic or Anglo-Saxon origin, most distinguished for forming the elite Varangian Guard army unit in the Byzantine Empire, serving as the personal bodyguard of the Byzantine Roman Emperor in Constantinople

Second-declension noun.

• Varangia
• Varangica
• Varangicus
• Varangorum Cohors

• → Byzantine Greek: Βάραγγος (Bárangos)
  • Greek: Βάραγγος (Várangos)
  • English: Varangian

• Varingus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)