Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *gunþiz.

Noun

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guðr f (genitive gunnar, dative and accusative gunni)

  1. battle, war
    • Haraldskvæði (Hrafnsmál), Þorbjǫrn hornklofi :
      grenjuðu berserkir
      guðr vas þeim á sinnum
      the berserks howled
      battle was under way for them

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: guður

References

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  • gunnr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press