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Webster 1913 Edition


Swerd

Swerd

,
Noun.
&
Verb.
See
Sward
,
Noun.
&
Verb.
[Obs.]

Swerd

,
Noun.
Sword.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition


Swerd

SWERD

, for sward, is not in use.

Definition 2024


swerd

swerd

Middle English

Noun

swerd (plural swerds)

  1. sword (weapon)

Descendants


Old Saxon

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /swerd/

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swerdą (literally ‘ cutting,hurting thing’), of uncertain origin, but most likely ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (‘fester, cut’ later ‘wound’). Cognate with Old Frisian swerd (West Frisian swurd), Old English sweord (English sword), Old Dutch swert (Dutch zwaard), Old High German swert (German Schwert), Old Norse sverð (Danish sværd, Norwegian sverd, Swedish svärd)

Noun

swerd n

  1. a sword

Declension

Descendants

  • Low German: Sweerd