swurd

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /swurd/, [swurˠd]

Noun

swurd n (Late West Saxon)

1. Alternative form of sweord

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West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian swerd, from Proto-West Germanic *swerd, from Proto-Germanic *swerdą, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂w- (“sharp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /svøt/

Noun

swurd n (plural swurden, diminutive swurdsje)

1. sword

Further reading

• “swurd (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011