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Old English
Pronunciation
Noun
swurd n (Late West Saxon)
- alternative form of sweord
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian swerd, from Proto-West Germanic *swerd, from Proto-Germanic *swerdą, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂w- (“sharp”).
Pronunciation
Noun
swurd n (plural swurden, diminutive swurdsje)
- sword
Further reading
- “swurd (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011