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battle-sharp

adj

Etymology

From battle + sharp, perhaps as a partial calque of Old English beadusċearp.

  1. inherited from *(s)kerb-✻
  2. inherited from *skarpaz✻
  3. inherited from *skarp✻
  4. inherited from sċearp
  5. inherited from scharp
  6. compounded as battle-sharp — “battle + sharp”

Definitions

  1. Sharp for use in battle or fighting.

    • The bitter and battle-sharp, borne on his byrny; Asunder the Weder's helm smote the Worm midmost; They felled the fiend, and force drave the life out, And they twain together had gotten him ending, Those athelings sib.
    • It was calming. Kazuteru worked quickly, his sword still battle-sharp cutting through the clotted mess of flesh with ease.
    • The division was a keen, well-rested force eager for action, although the long wait in England and the many cancellations had created a degree of staleness, so the division was not battle-sharp.

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