warg

Meanings

1. A type of particularly wild or hostile wolf.

1. To possess the mind of (and see through the eyes of) another person or animal.
2. To switch to another player character during a game.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Norse vargr (“wolf”), reintroduced by J. R. R. Tolkien; compare also Old English wearg. The verb senses emerged from the use of warg in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire novels as a noun referring to a person with a magical skin-changing ability.