garsecg

Etymology
. Almost always analyzed as a compound of, but there is significant disagreement about how to interpret these components. is usually glossed as "spear," but the sense "tempest" has been suggested, and dubiously connected it to Old English,. may be glossed several ways:
 * "sword" appears least likely.
 * "sedge" has been suggested (e.g. by ), but the derivation is opaque.
 * "man; warrior" is perhaps most popular; in this case the sense is "the ocean personified as a warrior," but attempts find links to spear-wielding water deities ( suggests ) have not yielded definitive results.
 * Some Latin-Old English glossaries have possible variants of secg glossing "sea" (e.g. the has segg and seeg).

William Redbond suggested a possible loan from, related to modern. suggested analysis as, but this cannot be correct as is a feminine jō-stem. See.

Noun

 * 1) ocean, sea