wigmann

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Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *wīgamann, from Proto-Germanic *wīgamann-. Equivalent to wīġ +‎ mann. Cognate with Old Saxon wīgman, Old High German wīgman and Old Norse vígmaðr.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈwiːjˌmɑnn/, [ˈwiːjˌmɑn]

Noun[edit]

wīġmann m

man of war, fighting man, soldier

Declension[edit]

Declension of wigmann (strong consonant stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	wīġmann	wīġmenn
accusative	wīġmann	wīġmenn
genitive	wīġmannes	wīġmanna
dative	wīġmenn	wīġmannum

References[edit]

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “wīġmann”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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