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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse sverð, from Proto-Germanic *swerdą, most likely from Proto-Indo-European *swer-.
Pronunciation
Noun
sverð n (genitive singular sverðs, nominative plural sverð)
- a sword
- Revelation 6-11 (English and Icelandic)
- Og ég sá, og sjá: Bleikur hestur, og sá er á honum sat, hann hét Dauði, og Hel var í för með honum. Þeim var gefið vald yfir fjórða hluta jarðarinnar, til þess að deyða með sverði, með hungri og drepsótt og láta menn farast fyrir villidýrum jarðarinnar.
- I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.
- Matthew 26:52 (English and Icelandic)
- Jesús sagði við hann: „Slíðra sverð þitt! Allir, sem sverði bregða, munu fyrir sverði falla.“
- "Put your sword back in its place," Jesus said to him, "for all who draw the sword will die by the sword."
- (obsolete) penis
Declension
Declension of sverð (neuter)
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Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *swerdą, most likely from Proto-Indo-European *swer-. Compare Old English sweord, Old Frisian swerd, Old Saxon swerd, Old Dutch swerd, Old High German swert.
Noun
sverð n (genitive sverðs, plural sverð)
- sword
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:non:sverð
Declension
Declension of sverð (strong a-stem)
Descendants