Old English · noun
sweordes ecg
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Modern English
- sword's
Meaning
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"sword's edge"
Etymology
From sweord + eċġ. Has a parallel in Old Saxon swerdes eggia, possibly stemming from Proto-West Germanic *swerdas aggju. Compare mǣċes eċġ.
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