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) scabbard (sheath for a sword) ==== Descendants ==== → English: scabbard → Icelandic: skálpur === References === escalberc on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “scabbard”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.