guþ

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

Gothic

Romanization

guþ

1. Romanization of 𐌲𐌿𐌸

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gunþi, from Proto-Germanic *gunþiz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰéntis (“killing, blow”). Shifted into the ō-stems at some point before i-umlaut; the inherited form *gȳþ occurs as the final element of names.

Germanic cognates include Old Norse gunnr ~ guðr. Old Saxon gūđ- and Old High German gund- appear in compounds.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡuːθ/

Noun

gūþ f

1. (poetic) battle, combat

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.

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gudą (“god”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós.

Compare Old Saxon, Old Frisian, and Old English god, Old High German and Old Dutch got, Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌸 (guþ).

Noun

guþ m or n

1. (Christianity) God m
2. (paganism) god, deity n

Declension

masculine:

  Declension of guþ (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	guþ	guþin	guþar	guþanir, guþaner
accusative	guþ	guþin	guþa	guþana
dative	guþi, guþe	guþinum, guþenom	guþum, guþom	guþumin, guþomen
genitive	guþs	guþsins	guþa	guþanna

neuter:

  Declension of guþ (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	guþ	guþit	guþ	guþin
accusative	guþ	guþit	guþ	guþin
dative	guþi, guþe	guþinu, guþeno	guþum, guþom	guþumin, guþomen
genitive	guþs	guþsins	guþa	guþanna