sweordとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Proto-Germanic *swerdą. Cognate with Old Frisian swerd, Old Saxon swerd, Old Dutch swert, Old High German swert, Old Norse sverð.

発音

• IPA: /swe͜ord/, [swe͜orˠd]

名詞

sweord n

1. sword

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sweord

   • 9th century, Vespasian Psalter

     Sehðē, hīe spreocað in mūðe [heara], ⁊ sweord is in weolerum heara.

     Behold, they speak in [their] mouth, and a sword is in their lips.

   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

     Sum hǣðen man wolde hine ācwellan mid ātogenum swurde, and sē hālga ālēat, and āstrehte his swūran under ðām scīnendan brande.

     A certain heathen man wanted to kill him with a drawn sword, and the holy man bent down and stretched out his neck under the shining brand.

語形変化

Strong a-stem:

派生語

• stæfsweord

派生した語

• Middle English: sword, swerd
  • English: sword