guþ

See also: guy, guth, Guy, GUY, guð, Guð, and Guy.

Gothic

Romanization

guþ

1. Romanization of 𐌲𐌿𐌸

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Old English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From Proto-West Germanic *gunþi, from Proto-Germanic *gunþiz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰéntis (“killing, blow”), from *gʷʰen- (“hit, drive”). Cognate with Old Saxon gūdea, Old High German gund- (in gundfano (“war-flag”)), Old Norse guðr, gunnr. The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin defendō and offendō, Proto-Slavic *gъnati- (Old Church Slavonic гънати (gŭnati), Russian гнать (gnatʹ)), Avestan 𐬘𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬙𐬌 (jainti, “to kill”), Sanskrit हन्ति (hanti, “to slay”), Lithuanian giñti as well as Old Irish gonaid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡuːθ/

Noun

gūþ f

1. (poetic) battle, combat

   Ic geneþde fela guþa. ― I dared many battles. (Beowulf)

Declension

Declension of guþ (strong i-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	gūþ	gūþe, gūþa
accusative	gūþ, gūþe	gūþe, gūþa
genitive	gūþe	gūþa
dative	gūþe	gūþum

Derived terms

• gūþbeorn (“warrior”)
• gūþbil (“a war-bill, a sword”)
• gūþbord (“a shield”)
• gūþbyrne (“corselet, battle-mail”)
• gūþcearu (“care or sorrow from battle”)
• gūþcræft (“warfare, military strategy, tactics”)
• gūþcwēn (“warrior queen”)
• gūþcyning (“warrior king”)
• gūþcyst (“warlike excellence, bravery”)
• gūþdēaþ (“a war death”)
• gūþfana (“a military standard”)
• gūþfloga (“one who flies to war, a dragon”)
• gūþfremmend (“war-maker, warrior”)
• gūþfruma (“war chief”)
• gūþfrēa (“warlord, warlike lord”)
• gūþfrēc (“bold in war”)
• gūþfrēca (“a warrior, a freak in battle”)
• gūþfugel (“a bird of war, eagle”)
• gūþhafoc (“a warhawk”)
• gūþhelm (“a helm”)
• gūþhere (“a warlike band, an army”)
• gūþhrēþ (“war glory”)
• gūþhwæt (“active in war, daring, brave”)
• gūþlēoþ (“a war song”)
• gūþmæcga (“a warlike man”)
• gūþmaga (“a warlike man”)
• gūþmōd (“of a warlike mind, bellicose”)
• gūþpleġa (“war play, battle”)
• gūþrǣs (“a warlike attack”)
• gūþrinc (“a man of war, warrior”)
• gūþrēaf (“a warlike outfit, armor”)
• gūþrēow (“fierce in a fight”)
• gūþsceaþa (“one who harms by attacking”)
• gūþsceorp (“war-clothing”)
• gūþscrūd (“war-clothing”)
• gūþsearo (“war tools; arms & armor”)
• gūþsele (“war-hall, hall of warriors”)
• gūþspell (“war-tidings”)
• gūþsweord (“a sword”)
• gūþþræc (“war-force”)
• gūþweard (“a war-guard, king”)
• gūþweorc (“a warlike work or deed”)
• gūþwine (“a brother in arms”)
• gūþwudu (“war-wood, spear”)
• gūþwērig (“war weary”)
• gūþwīga (“a warrior”)
• gūþġeatwe (“warlike outfit or gear”)
• gūþġelaca (“a brother-in-arms, warrior”)
• gūþġemōt (“a battle-meeting, battle, fight”)
• gūþġetawa (“war gear, military equipment”)
• gūþġeþingu (“the foreseen lot of looming war”)
• gūþġewǣde (“battle-dress, armour”)
• gūþġewinn (“battle, warlike contest”)

 

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “guþ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.