Noun: sweord
Gender: n
Nominative
| Singular | sweord |
| Plural | sweord |
Genitive
| Singular | sweordes |
| Plural | sweorda |
Dative
| Singular | sweorde |
| Plural | sweordum |
Accusative
| Singular | sweord |
| Plural | sweord |
Sample Sentences
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9th century, Vespasian Psalter
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Sehðē, hīe spreocað in mūðe [heara], ⁊ sweord is in weolerum heara. (Behold, they speak in [their] mouth, and a sword is in their lips.)
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Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
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Sum hǣðen man wolde hine ācwellan mid ātogenum swurde, and sē hālga ālēat, and āstrehte his swūran under ðām scīnendan brande. (A certain heathen man wanted to kill him with a drawn sword, and the holy man bent down and stretched out his neck under the shining brand.)
Nouns inflected like sweord
hildebord,
fierdfæreld,
mearcland,
berland,
furlang,
cynebearn,
sundorriht,
sweostorbearn,
feaxnett,
sandland,
sandcorn,
wuldorwerod,
wyrmcynn,
feldland,
cweartern,
feohland,
landfæsten,
sundcorn,
meterfers,
framfæreld, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *swerdą. Cognate with Old Frisian swerd, Old Saxon swerd, Old Dutch swert, Old High German swert, Old Norse sverð. See: Old Norse Nouns '
sverð'.
Verbs referencing "sweord"
English Nouns
sword, Old Norse Nouns
sverð, Middle English Nouns
swerd.
Translations