guþmæcga

Old English

Etymology

From gūþ (“battle”) +‎ mæċġa (“man”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡuːθˌmæj.jɑ/, [ˈɡuːðˌmæd.d͡ʒɑ]

Noun

gūþmæċġa f

1. (poetic) warlike man

References

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