escalberc

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from a Germanic language such as Frankish, from *skeran (“to cut”) + *bergan (“to protect”), as in "sword-protector."

Noun

escalberc oblique singular, m (oblique plural escalbers, nominative singular escalbers, nominative plural escalberc)

1. scabbard (sheath for a sword)

Descendants

• → English: scabbard
• → Icelandic: skálpur

References

• escalberc on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “scabbard”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.