guþsweord

Old English

Etymology

From gūþ (“battle”) +‎ sweord (“sword”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡuːθˌswe͜ord/, [ˈɡuːθˌswe͜orˠd]

Noun

gūþsweord n

1. (poetic) a sword

References

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