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

1. man of war, fighting man, soldier

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cempa

Declension

Strong consonant stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	wīġmann	wīġmenn
accusative	wīġmann	wīġmenn
genitive	wīġmannes	wīġmanna
dative	wīġmenn	wīġmannum

References

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “wīġmann”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.