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 Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (flamberge) Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “frōberga”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 15/2: Germanismes: Bu–F, page 181