sweord - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

Contents

• 1 Old English

  • 1.1 Alternative forms
  • 1.2 Etymology
  • 1.3 Pronunciation
  • 1.4 Noun
    * 1.4.1 Declension
    * 1.4.2 Derived terms
    * 1.4.3 Descendants

• suord — Northumbrian

• swurd, swyrd — West Saxon

• sword

• *swerd

From Proto-Germanic *swerdą. Cognate with Old Frisian swerd, Old Saxon swerd, Old Dutch swert, Old High German swert, Old Norse sverð.

• IPA(key): /swe͜ord/, [swe͜orˠd]

sweord n

1. sword
   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sweord

Declension of sweord (strong a-stem)

• stæfsweord
• Middle English: sword, swerd
  • English: sword