duguþ

See also: dug up

Old English

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈdu.ɡuθ/, [ˈdu.ɣuθ]

Noun

duguþ f

1. band of warriors, host, army
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     Wōriað þā wīnsalo; · waldend liċġað
     drēame bidrorene; · duguþ eal ġecrong,
     wlonc bī wealle. · Sume wīġ fornōm,

     The wine-halls ramble; lords lie still,
     deprived of mirth; army completely perished,
     proud by the wall. The war took away some men,

2. prosperity, benefit
3. 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.

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	duguþ	duguþa, duguþe
accusative	duguþe	duguþa, duguþe
genitive	duguþe	duguþa
dative	duguþe	duguþum

Related terms

• heofonduguþ

Descendants

• Middle English: douthe, douth, douþe, duthe, doȝeðe, dugeð, duȝde, duȝeðe, duȝeþe, duheðe, duhþe, duweðe (Early Middle English)
  • English: douth
  • Scots: duthe, douth