swerdes eggia

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Old Saxon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From swerd + eggia. Has a parallel in Old English sweordes eċġ, possibly stemming from Proto-West Germanic *swerdas aggju. Compare mākies eggia.

Noun[edit]

swerdes eggia f

  1. (poetic) "sword's edge"
    • w:Heliand, verse 4898:
      he suiltit imu eft swerdes eggiun
      he succumbed to death again by the sword's edge.

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