sweord

Middle English

Noun

sweord

  1. (Early Middle English or West Midland) alternative form of sword

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /swe͜ord/, [swe͜orˠd]

Noun

sweord n

  1. sword
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sweord
    • 9th century, Vespasian Psalter
      Sehðē, hīe spreocað in mūðe [heara], ⁊ sweord is in weolerum heara.
      Behold, they speak in [their] mouth, and a sword is in their lips.
    • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
      Sum hǣðen man wolde hine ācwellan mid ātogenum swurde, and sē hālga ālēat, and āstrehte his swūran under ðām scīnendan brande.
      A certain heathen man wanted to kill him with a drawn sword, and the holy man bent down and stretched out his neck under the shining brand.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative sweord sweord
accusative sweord sweord
genitive sweordes sweorda
dative sweorde sweordum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: sword, swerd
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