sword
nounEtymology
Inherited from West Midland Middle English sword (swerd in most dialects), from Old English sweord (“sword”), from Proto-West Germanic *swerd (“sword”), from Proto-Germanic *swerdą (“sword”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂w- (“sharp”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian Swērt, Swiirt, swörd (“sword”), Saterland Frisian Swid, Swäid (“sword”), West Frisian swurd (“sword”), Dutch zwaard (“sword”), German Schwert (“sword”), Luxembourgish Schwäert (“sword”), Vilamovian świert (“sword”), Yiddish שווערד (shverd, “sword”), Danish sværd (“sword”), Faroese svørð (“sword”), Icelandic sverð (“sword”), Norn svird (“small longish object”), Norwegian Bokmål sverd (“sword”), Norwegian Nynorsk sverd, svørd (“sword”), Swedish svärd (“sword”); also Belarusian све́рдзел (svjérdzjel, “drill, drill bit”), Bulgarian свре́дел (svrédel, “drill, drill bit”), Czech svider (“drill bit”), Polish świder (“drill”), Russian сверло́ (sverló, “auger, bore, drill, drill bit”), Serbo-Croatian свр̏дло, svȑdlo (“auger”), Slovene sveder (“drill”), Ukrainian све́рдел (svérdel), све́рдло (svérdlo, “drill bit”).
Definitions
A long bladed weapon with a grip and typically a pommel and crossguard (together forming…
A long bladed weapon with a grip and typically a pommel and crossguard (together forming a hilt), which is designed to cut, stab, slash and/or hack.
- He took out his sword and stabbed the man in the stomach.
- Malicious tunges, though they have no bones, Are ſharper then ſwordes, ſturdier then ſtones.
- Unsheathe your sword and dub him presently.
A suit in certain playing card decks, particularly those used in Spain and Italy, or…
A suit in certain playing card decks, particularly those used in Spain and Italy, or those used for divination.
One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended.
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Violence
Violence; military might.
To stab or cut with a sword
A surname.
The neighborhood
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- neighborblade
- neighborartifact
- neighborweapon
- neighborsica
- neighborHarpe
- neighbordirk
- neighborkopis
- neighborgladius
- neighborspatha
- neighborXiphos
- neighborfalcata
- neighbormakhaira
Derived
Amazon sword, arming sword, at half-sword, backsword, balisword, bastard sword, bearing sword, broadsword, broad sword, cloak-and-sworder, coin-sword, court sword, double-edged sword, dual-edged sword, fall on one's sword, flaming sword, flesh one's maiden sword, greatsword, hunting sword, longsword, long sword, magic sword, measure swords with, microsword, mortuary sword, Newton's flaming laser sword, Newton's laser sword, ninja sword, ozelot sword, pork sword, prop sword, put to the sword, rapper sword, samurai sword, scutching sword, sellsword, sell-sword, sheathe the sword, shortsword, short sword · +82 more
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at sword. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at sword. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at sword
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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