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Swerd
Webster 1828 Edition
Swerd
SWERD
, for sward, is not in use.Definition 2024
swerd
swerd
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
- a sword
Declension
Declension of swerd
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | swerd | swerd |
| accusative | swerd | swerd |
| genitive | swerdes | swerdō |
| dative | swerde | swerdum |
| instrumental | — | — |
Descendants
- Low German: Sweerd