gyldingwecg

Old English

Etymology

By surface analysis, gylden (“golden”) +‎ weċġ (“mass of metal”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡyl.denˌwejj/, [ˈɡyɫ.denˌwed͡ʒ]

Noun

gyldenweċġ m

1. gold mine, vein of gold

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “gyldingwecg”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.