sweord

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Contents 1 Old English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.4 See also

[edit] Old English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /sweord/

[edit] Etymology

Proto-Germanic *swerdam (“‘literally ‘pricking, piercing thing’’”) , of uncertain origin, but most likely from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“‘‘fester, suppurate’ later ‘pierce, wound’’”), . Cognate with Old Frisian swerd, Old Saxon swerd (Dutch zwaard), Old High German swert (German Schwert), Old Norse sverð (Danish and Norwegian sverd, Swedish svärd)

[edit] Noun

sweord n. (pl. sweord)

1. a sword

[edit] See also

• bil n.
• mēċe m.
• secg m.