Old English · noun

guþ

Normalised gūþ

Part of speech: noun, feminine
Declension: strong i-stem
IPA: /ɡuːθ/
Syllables: ɡuːθ (1 syllable)
Modern English: battle combat

Meaning

battle, combat

Declension

Declension of guþ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gūþ	gūþe gūþa
Accusative	gūþ gūþe	gūþe gūþa
Genitive	gūþe	gūþa
Dative	gūþe	gūþum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gunþi, from Proto-Germanic *gunþiz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰéntis (“killing, blow”). Shifted into the ō-stems at some point before i-umlaut; the inherited form *gȳþ occurs as the final element of names. Germanic cognates include Old Norse gunnr ~ guðr. Old Saxon gūđ- and Old High German gund- appear in compounds.

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