gyldingwecg

Old English

Etymology

By surface analysis, gylden (“golden”) +‎ weċġ (“mass of metal”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡyl.denˌwejj/, [ˈɡyɫ.denˌwed͡ʒ]

Noun

gyldenweċġ m

1. gold mine, vein of gold

References

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