glav

See also: gläv

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *glaw. Related to Welsh glaw (“rain”).

Noun

glav m

1. rain

Mutation

  Mutation of glav  

Breton consonant mutation
	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	glav	c'hlav	unchanged	klav
plural	g{{{3}}}	c'h{{{3}}}	unchanged	k{{{3}}}

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish glaven (glaffwin, glawan) n, m, glavene n, variant of glävia, glafwia, glafwa f, from Middle Low German glave, gleve, glevie, obl. & pl. glaven, from Old French glaive (“lance,”) from Latin gladius (“sword”); possibly of Celtic origin.

Compare Danish glavind, Icelandic glefja, English glaive.

Noun

glav c

1. (archaic, historical) A spear, lance, glaive.
2. (archaic, poetic) A sword.
3. (obsolete) A banner.