gūþ-getawa

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gūþ-getawa, f.n (plural): battle-gear, equipment for war, armour. (GOOTH-yeh-TA-wa / ˈguːθ-jɛ-ˌta-wa)

Medieval manuscript illustration of a man in a knee-length skirt, long-sleeved coat and pointed helmet; he brandishes a sword in his left hand and holds a shield in his right.
Psychomachia of Prudentius; England, late 10th or early 11th century; British Library, Cotton MS Cleopatra C VIII, f. 18v. [bl.uk]

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