guþ

Old English

noun
Definitions
  • (poetic) battle, combat

Etymology

Inherited from *gunþi inherited from Proto-Germanic *gunþiz (battle, war, act of killing) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰéntis (blow, killing, act of killing), *gʷʰen- (kill, strike, slay, beat, hit, drive).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*gʷʰen-

Gloss

kill, strike, slay, beat, hit, drive

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

殺

Emoji

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