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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.]
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  • gúþ-fana, n.