guþdeaþ

Old English

Etymology

From gūþ (“battle”) +‎ dēaþ (“death”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡuːθˌdæ͜ɑːθ/, [ˈɡuːðˌdæ͜ɑːθ]

Noun

gūþdēaþ m

1. (poetic) death in battle

References

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