sweordes ecg

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Old English

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Etymology

From sweord + eċġ. Has a parallel in Old Saxon swerdes eggia, possibly stemming from Proto-West Germanic *swerdas aggju. Compare mǣċes eċġ.

Noun

sweordes eċġ f

  1. (poetic) "sword's edge"
    • w:Beowulf, verse 1104a-6b:
      Gyf þonne Frýsna hwylc frécnen sprǽce
      ðæs morþorhétes myndgiend waére
      þonne hit sweordes ecg syððan scolde.
      If any Frisian were then to remind with dangerous words of that murderous enmity, then it should thereafter be the sword's edge.
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