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Old English
Etymology
gār + Dene
Pronunciation
Noun
Gārdene m
- (poetic) ‘spear-Dane’, Dane
Hwæt. We Gardena in geardagum, þeodcyninga, þrym gefrunon, hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon.- Lo! We of Spear-Danes in days of yore, of the fame of the kings, have heard, how those nobles did great deeds.
- (Beowulf)