wigend

Old English

Etymology

From wīgan (“to fight”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwiː.ɡend/, [ˈwiː.ɣend]

Noun

wīgend m

  1. a warrior, soldier
    • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
      Þā æt nēxtan forlēt Pharao Israhela folc of his earde siðian mid miċċlum ǣhtum, and God ġesette ðone foresǣdan Moysen his folce tō heretogan, and his broðer Aaron tō sacerde; and hī lǣddon þæt folce tō ðǣre Rēadan sǣ mid miċelre fyrdinge, þæt wǣron six hund þūsenda wīgendra manna, buton wīfum and ċildum.
      Then at last Pharaoh allowed the people of Israel to leave his land with much livestock, and God appointed the aforementioned Moses as the leader of his people, and his brother Aaron as priest; and they led the people to the Red Sea with a great host, which numbered six hundred thousand warriors, not counting women and children.
  2. a fighting man
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cempa

Declension

Strong nd-stem:

singular plural
nominative wīgend wīgend, wīgende, wīgendas
accusative wīgend wīgend, wīgende, wīgendas
genitive wīgendes wīgendra
dative wīgende wīgendum
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