swerd

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English sweord.

Noun

swerd (plural swerds)

1. sword (weapon)

Descendants

• English: sword

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Old Saxon

Pronunciation

• IPA: /swerd/

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swerdą (“literally ‘pricking, piercing thing’”), of uncertain origin, but most likely ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“‘fester, suppurate’ later ‘pierce, wound’”). Cognate with Old Frisian swerd (West Frisian swurd), Old English sweord (English sword), Old Dutch swert (Dutch zwaard), Old High German swert (German Schwert), Old Norse sverð (Danish sværd, Norwegian sverd, Swedish svärd)

Noun

swerd n (plural swerd)

1. a sword

Declension

Declension of swerd

	Singular	Plural
nominative	swerd	swerd
accusative	swerd	swerd
genitive	swerdes	swerdō
dative	swerde	swerdum

Descendants

• Low German: Sweerd