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Where does “guþgewæde” come from?

guþgewæde (Old English) comes from Old English gūþ — battle, war, fight.

guþgewæde (Old English): battle-dress, armour

Definitions

  1. battle-dress, armour

Ancestry of “guþgewæde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishgūþbattle, war, fight
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