guðr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gunþiz.

Noun

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
  Declension of guðr (strong ijō-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative guðr guðrin gunnar gunnarnar
accusative gunni gunnina gunnar gunnarnar
dative gunni gunninni gunnum gunnunum
genitive gunnar gunnarinnar gunna gunnanna

Descendants
  • Icelandic: guður

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