Warred, warring, wars

[Tamara]

Hi

While continuing my voluntary English-proverb-excursion ('dog-eat(..)-dog', hi, Amy ), I’ve encountered
Wolf never wars against wolf.
It seems to be not a pure proverb, but that doesn’t matter in this topic.

My question is about to war.
The verb can be found in all dictionaries – even in small ones - as the third/forth meaning for war.

With warring as a gerund and warred as the Past Participle form.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/war

But.
Mr. Google, after listing of just a few links for warring says

[Yankee]

Hi Tamara

I'd say you'll basically only see the verb war in the present participle form (warring). I can't remember ever having heard it used any other way.

The expression "Wolf never wars against wolf." is new for me, too.
Where are you getting these expressions from?

Amy

EDIT:
I found it entertaining (in the dictionary link) that the word war and the German word "Wurst" (sausage) have a common root.
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[Tamara]

Thank you, Amy.

By the way, Google seems to be a bit more tolerant to warred than to warring. (Not in terms of numbers-of-use, but... in the general reaction itself )
Whereas BNC is rather indifferent - both ('warred' and 'warring') are acceptable.

OK.
But to me it (actual use of the verb, I mean) is quite surprising.

[Yankee]

[Tamara]

[Tamara]

Again...

By any chance I've met warly - one more word from this stange family...
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