Gardene

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See also: gårdene and gardene

Old English

Etymology

gār +‎ Dene

Pronunciation

Noun

Gārdene m

  1. (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)