guðr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• gunnr

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gunþiz.

Noun

guðr f (genitive gunnar, dative and accusative gunni)

1. battle, war
   • Haraldskvæði (Hrafnsmál), Þorbjǫrn hornklofi :

     grenjuðu berserkir
     guðr vas þeim á sinnum

     the berserks howled
     battle was under way for them

Declension

Declension of guðr (strong ijō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	guðr	guðrin	gunnar	gunnarnar
accusative	gunni	gunnina	gunnar	gunnarnar
dative	gunni	gunninni	gunnum	gunnunum
genitive	gunnar	gunnarinnar	gunna	gunnanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: guður

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “gunnr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive