swerd

== English == === Noun === swerd (plural swerds) Obsolete form of sword. == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old English sweord, from Proto-West Germanic *swerd, from Proto-Germanic *swerdą. The forms /swoːrd/, /swɔrd/ originally mainly occur in Northwest Midland Middle English and adjacent dialects (although it is the usual form in the Auchinleck Manuscript), but spread further in Late Middle English. ==== Alternative forms ==== sweord, swert swærd, sweort, swuerd (chiefly Early Middle English) sweerd, sweerde, swerid, swerde, swierd, swyrd, swyrde (Late Middle English) sqwerd, sward (East Anglia); zuord (Kent); sword (Northern, Southern, West Midland) suerd, suerde, suord, suorde, surd (especially Northern); squorde, squrd, sorde, sworde (chiefly Northwest Midland) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /sweːrd/, /swɛːrd/, /swɛrd/ IPA(key): /swoːrd/, /swɔrd/ (especially Northwest Midland or West Riding, from Mercian Old English sword) IPA(key): /s(w)urd/ (Southern, from West Saxon Old English swurd) ==== Noun ==== swerd (plural swerdes) A sword (long-bladed cutting or stabbing weapon): A ceremonial or ritual sword. (after to) Execution with a sword. (figuratively) Something injurious or destructive: Military might or power. A piercing emotion or sensation. ===== Descendants ===== English: sword (obsolete swerd, sweard)→ Japanese: ソード (sōdo)→ Māori: hoari Middle Scots: sourd, sword, suird Scots: swourd, swerd, swaird Shetland: swird ===== References ===== “sword, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 16 March 2018. “sword, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Old English sweard, from Proto-West Germanic *swardu, from Proto-Germanic *swarduz; thus a doublet of swarth. ==== Alternative forms ==== suerd, swerde sward, swarde, sworde (East Anglia, Early Scots, Wiltshire) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /swɛ̝ːrd/ IPA(key): /swɔ̝ːrd/ (East Anglia) IPA(key): /sward/, /swaːrd/ (influenced by swarth or from Northumbrian Old English *sward) ==== Noun ==== swerd Skin; the body's outer layer. The rind of bacon or pork. (rare) A leather strap or belt. Turf, sward (earth which grass has grown into the upper layer of) ===== Descendants ===== English: sward Middle Scots: sward, swaird Scots: swaird ===== References ===== “sward, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Old Saxon == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *swerd, from Proto-Germanic *swerdą. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /swɛrd/ === Noun === swerd n a sword ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Low German: swert German Low German: Sweerd, Schweerd, Schwert Plautdietsch: Schwieet ==== References ==== Köbler, Gerhard (2014), Altsächsisches Wörterbuch‎[2] (in German), 5th edition