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English

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Asword lying beside its scabbard.
Thecanting arms ofSchwerte, Germany, are two swords.

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishsword,swerd, fromOld Englishsweord(“sword”), fromProto-West Germanic*swerd(“sword”), fromProto-Germanic*swerdą(“sword”), possibly fromProto-Indo-European*seh₂w-(“sharp”).

Cognates

Cognate withNorth FrisianSwērt,Swiirt,swörd(“sword”),Saterland FrisianSwid,Swäid(“sword”),West Frisianswurd(“sword”),Dutchzwaard(“sword”),GermanSchwert(“sword”),LuxembourgishSchwäert(“sword”),Vilamovianświert(“sword”),Yiddishשווערד(shverd,“sword”),Danishsværd(“sword”),Faroesesvørð(“sword”),Icelandicsverð(“sword”),Nornsvird(“small longish object”),Norwegian Bokmålsverd(“sword”),Norwegian Nynorsksverd,svørd(“sword”),Swedishsvärd(“sword”); alsoBelarusianсве́рдзел(svjérdzjel,“drill, drill bit”),Bulgarianсвре́дел(svrédel,“drill, drill bit”),Czechsvider(“drill bit”),Polishświder(“drill”),Russianсверло́(sverló,“auger, bore, drill, drill bit”),Serbo-Croatianсвр̏дло,svȑdlo(“auger”),Slovenesveder(“drill”),Ukrainianсве́рдел(svérdel),све́рдло(svérdlo,“drill bit”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sword (pluralswords)

  2. (countable) A long bladedweapon with agrip and typically apommel andcrossguard (together forming ahilt), which is designed tocut,stab, slash and/or hack.
    He took out hissword and stabbed the man in the stomach.
  3. Asuit in certain playing card decks, particularly those used in Spain and Italy, or those used for divination.
    1. Acard of this suit.
  4. (weaving) One of the end bars by which thelay of ahandloom is suspended.
  5. (figurative) Violence; military might.

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Descendants

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Translations

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weapon
one who handles a sword
suit in cards
card of this suit

Verb

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sword (third-person singular simple presentswords,present participleswording,simple past and past participlesworded)

  1. (uncommon) Tostab or cut with a sword

References

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  1. ^Dobson, E[ric] J. (1957),English pronunciation 1500-1700‎[1], second edition, volume II: Phonology,Oxford:Clarendon Press, published1968,→OCLC,§ 16,18,page487,490.
  2. ^Dobson, E[ric] J. (1957),English pronunciation 1500-1700‎[2], second edition, volume II: Phonology,Oxford:Clarendon Press, published1968,→OCLC,§ 74,page566.
  3. ^Dobson, E[ric] J. (1957),English pronunciation 1500-1700‎[3], second edition, volume II: Phonology,Oxford:Clarendon Press, published1968,→OCLC,§ 8,page470.

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromOld Englishsword, a Mercian form ofsweord (which some forms are directly from), fromProto-West Germanic*swerd, fromProto-Germanic*swerdą.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sword (pluralswordes or(early) sweorden)

  1. sword,sabre
  2. (figuratively) Military might or power.

Descendants

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Old English

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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sword n (nominative pluralsword)(Mercian)

  1. alternative form ofsweord
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