guðr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gunþiz.

Noun

guðr f

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

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