wigmann

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wīgamann, from Proto-Germanic *wīgamann-. Equivalent to wīġ +‎ mann. Cognate with Old Saxon wīgman, Old High German wīgman and Old Norse vígmaðr.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwiːjˌmɑnn/, [ˈwiːjˌmɑn]

Noun

wīġmann m

man of war, fighting man, soldier

Declension

Declension of wigmann (strong consonant stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	wīġmann	wīġmenn
accusative	wīġmann	wīġmenn
genitive	wīġmannes	wīġmanna
dative	wīġmenn	wīġmannum

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “wīġmann”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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