wigmann
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *wīgamann, from Proto-Germanic *wīgamann-. Equivalent to wīġ + mann. Cognate with Old Saxon wīgman, Old High German wīgman and Old Norse vígmaðr.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈwiːjˌmɑnn/, [ˈwiːjˌmɑn]
Noun
wīġmann m
- man of war, fighting man, soldier
Declension
Declension of wigmann (strong consonant stem)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | wīġmann | wīġmenn |
| accusative | wīġmann | wīġmenn |
| genitive | wīġmannes | wīġmanna |
| dative | wīġmenn | wīġmannum |
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) , “wīġmann”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.