flamberge

== English == === Alternative forms === flamberg === Etymology === From French. === Noun === flamberge (plural flamberges) (weaponry) A European sword, typically a greatsword, which had a wavy blade, possibly to increase the cutting surface or for aid in parrying. Synonym: flame-bladed sword ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === glebe-farm == French == === Etymology === (1180) From Old French froberge ("name of a sword") changed to "flamberge" with influence of flambe from Germanic *frōberga composed of the elements *frô (“man”) and bergan (“to protect”) from Proto-Germanic *berganą from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (“to take care of, protect, preserve”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /flɑ̃.bɛʁʒ/ === Noun === flamberge f (plural flamberges) sword, brand === Further reading === “flamberge”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 froberge in Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “flamberge”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “frōberga”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 15/2: Germanismes: Bu–F, page 181