guþ

See also: guy, guth, Guy, GUY, guð, Guð, and Guy.

Gothic

Romanization

guþ

Romanization of 𐌲𐌿𐌸

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gunþi, from Proto-Germanic *gunþiz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰéntis (“killing, blow”). Shifted into the ō-stems at some point before i-umlaut; the inherited form *gȳþ occurs as the final element of names.

Germanic cognates include Old Norse gunnr ~ guðr. Old Saxon gūđ- and Old High German gund- appear in compounds.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡuːθ/

Noun

gūþ f

(poetic) battle, combat

Declension

Declension of guþ (strong i-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	gūþ	gūþe, gūþa
accusative	gūþ, gūþe	gūþe, gūþa
genitive	gūþe	gūþa
dative	gūþe	gūþum

Derived terms

gūþbeorn (“warrior”)
gūþbil (“a war-bill, a sword”)
gūþbord (“a shield”)
gūþbyrne (“corselet, battle-mail”)
gūþcearu (“care or sorrow from battle”)
gūþcræft (“warfare, military strategy, tactics”)
gūþcwēn (“warrior queen”)
gūþcyning (“warrior king”)
gūþcyst (“warlike excellence, bravery”)
gūþdēaþ (“a war death”)
gūþfana (“a military standard”)
gūþfloga (“one who flies to war, a dragon”)
gūþfrēa (“warlord, warlike lord”)
gūþfrēca (“a warrior, a freak in battle”)
gūþfrēc (“bold in war”)
gūþfremmend (“war-maker, warrior”)
gūþfruma (“war chief”)
gūþfugel (“a bird of war, eagle”)
gūþġeatwe (“warlike outfit or gear”)
gūþġelaca (“a brother-in-arms, warrior”)
gūþġemōt (“a battle-meeting, battle, fight”)
gūþġetawa (“war gear, military equipment”)
gūþġeþingu (“the foreseen lot of looming war”)
gūþġewǣde (“battle-dress, armour”)
gūþġewinn (“battle, warlike contest”)
gūþhafoc (“a warhawk”)
gūþhelm (“a helm”)
gūþhere (“a warlike band, an army”)
gūþhrēþ (“war glory”)
gūþhwæt (“active in war, daring, brave”)
gūþlēoþ (“a war song”)
gūþmæcga (“a warlike man”)
gūþmaga (“a warlike man”)
gūþmōd (“of a warlike mind, bellicose”)
gūþpleġa (“war play, battle”)
gūþrǣs (“a warlike attack”)
gūþrēaf (“a warlike outfit, armor”)
gūþrēow (“fierce in a fight”)
gūþrinc (“a man of war, warrior”)
gūþsceaþa (“one who harms by attacking”)
gūþsceorp (“war-clothing”)
gūþscrūd (“war-clothing”)
gūþsearo (“war tools; arms & armor”)
gūþsele (“war-hall, hall of warriors”)
gūþspell (“war-tidings”)
gūþsweord (“a sword”)
gūþþræc (“war-force”)
gūþweard (“a war-guard, king”)
gūþweorc (“a warlike work or deed”)
gūþwērig (“war weary”)
gūþwīga (“a warrior”)
gūþwine (“a brother in arms”)
gūþwudu (“war-wood, spear”)

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “guþ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.