swerdes eggia

Old Saxon

Etymology

From swerd + eggia. Has a parallel in Old English sweordes eċġ, possibly stemming from Proto-West Germanic *swerdas aggju. Compare mākies eggia.

Noun

swerdes eggia f

1. (poetic) "sword's edge"
   • w:Heliand, verse 4898:

     he suiltit imu eft swerdes eggiun

     he succumbed to death again by the sword's edge.

Related terms

• mākies eggia