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gúþ-fana

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
gúþ-fana, -fona, an; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§617;
A military standard, ensign, banner; signum vexillum
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  • Ðǽr wæs se gúþfana genumen ðe hí ræfen héton

    there was the banner taken that they called the Raven,

    • Chr. 878
      • ;
    • Erl. 81, 3
      • .

  • Ðæt heofonlíce tácn ðære hálgan róde is úre gúþfana wið ðone gramlícan deófol

    the heavenly sign of the Holy Rood is our banner against the fierce devil,

    • H. R. 105, 16: 52
      • .

  • Ða gúþfonan

    signa,

    • Ors. 6, 4
      • ;
    • Swt. 260, 1
      • .

  • Ðǽr wǽron vii hund gúþfanena genumen

    there were seven hundred standards taken,

    • 4, 1
      • ;
    • Bos. 77, 29
      • ;
    • Th. Chart. 430, 1
      • .

  • Under gúþfanum

    under the standards,

    • Judth. 11
      • ;
    • Thw. 24, 32
      • ;
    • Jud. 219
      • .
Etymology
[
Icel. gunn-fani
;
O. H. Ger. gund-fano
. Adopted in the French and Italian from the German,
O. Fr. gun-fanon
;
Ital. gonfalone
; hence
Mid. E. gon-fanoun;and gun-faneur a standard-bearer
, A. R. 300, 17.]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “gúþ-fana.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/17644.

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  • gúþ-fana, n.

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