sweord

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sweord/

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *swerdan (“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 sværd, Norwegian sverd, Swedish svärd)

Noun

sweord n. (nominative plural sweord)

1. a sword

See also

• bil n.
• mēċe m.
• secg m.