swert

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch swert, from Proto-West Germanic *swerd, from Proto-Germanic *swerdą.

Noun

swert n (stem swerd-)

  1. A sword.
  2. (figurative) A type of legal power or privilege.
  3. The male line.

Inflection

Declension of swert (neuter a-stem noun)
case singular plural
nominative swert swert
accusative swert swert
genitive swerdes swerdo
dative swerde swerdon

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Dutch: zwaard
  • Limburgish: zwerd
  • West Flemish: zwoard
  • Zealandic: zwaerd

Further reading

Middle English

Adjective

swert

  1. Alternative form of swart

Middle High German

Etymology

From Old High German swert, from Proto-West Germanic *swerd, from Proto-Germanic *swerdą, whence also Middle Dutch swert, Middle English swerd and Old Norse sverð. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to fester, to cut”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

swert n

  1. sword

Declension

Declension of swert (neuter, class 1 strong)
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein daȥ swert diu swert
genitive eines dës swertes dër swerte
dative eime dëm swerte dën swerten
accusative ein daȥ swert diu swert

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Pfeifer, Wolfgang. 1995, 2005. Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen. München: dtv. →ISBN.

Old Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *swerd, from Proto-Germanic *swerdą, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to cut, to fester”).

Noun

swert n

  1. sword

Declension

Declension of swert (neuter a-stem noun)
case singular plural
nominative swert swert
accusative swert swert
genitive swerdes swerdo
dative swerde swerdon

Descendants

Further reading

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *swerd, from Proto-Germanic *swerdą, whence also Old Saxon swerd, Old Dutch swert, Old English sweord, swyrd, Old Frisian swerd and Old Norse sverð. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to fester, to cut”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

swërt n

  1. sword

Declension

Declension of swert (neuter a-stem)
case singular plural
nominative swert swert
accusative swert swert
genitive swertes swerto
dative swerte swertum
instrumental swertu —

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Pfeifer, Wolfgang. 1995, 2005. Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen. München: dtv. →ISBN.
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