duguþ
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See also: dug up
Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *dugunþu, from Proto-Germanic *dugunþō; cognate with Old Frisian duged (“power”), Old High German tugad, tugund (“virtue”) (German Tugend).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]duguþ f
- band of warriors, host, army
- prosperity, benefit
- nobility
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans
- Be þām hringum man meahte witan hwæt Rōmāna duguþe ġefeallen wæs, for þon þe hit wæs þēaw mid him on þām dagum þæt nān ōðer ne mōste gyldenne hring werian būtan hē æðeles cynnes wǣre.
- You could tell by the rings how much of the Roman nobility had fallen, because the custom back then was that no one could wear a gold ring unless they were from a noble family.
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans
Declension
[edit]Declension of duguþ (strong ō-stem)
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- Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰewgʰ-
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