glaive

Etymology


From, from , from. The further etymology is ; one possibility is that glavus reflects crossed with ; another is that it derives from a re-crossing of  with ; yet another is that it is a borrowing into Late Latin from. All of the aforementioned words derive ultimately from. The  notes that none of these words had the oldest meaning of Old French glaive (“lance”). The English word is cognate with 🇨🇬, ; 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  A light lance with a long, sharp-pointed head.
 * 2)  A weapon consisting of a pole with a large blade fixed on the end, the edge of which is on the outside curve.
 * 3)  A sword, particularly a broadsword.
 * 1)  A sword, particularly a broadsword.
 * 1)  A sword, particularly a broadsword.
 * 1)  A sword, particularly a broadsword.
 * 1)  A sword, particularly a broadsword.

Translations

 * German:, ,
 * Middle English: gleyve
 * Swedish:


 * Armenian:
 * Old Armenian: սուր, սուսեր
 * Belarusian: глевія
 * Breton:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 長柄刀
 * Czech: gléva, kůsa
 * Esperanto: fuŝardo
 * French: ; épée tranchante
 * Galician: cardeña, bisarma
 * German: Glefe (alternative spellings: Gläfe, Gleve), Fauchard
 * Ido:
 * Italian: falcione
 * Japanese: グレイブ,, 眉尖刀,
 * Korean: 글레이브
 * Lithuanian: gleivas
 * Macedonian: глејв
 * Middle English: gleyve
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish: glewia
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian: глејв
 * Slovene: glefa
 * Spanish: guja,
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: гле́фа, гле́ва, гле́вія


 * Swedish:

Etymology
, from ; see the entry for English for further information.

Noun

 * 1) gladius, short sword
 * 2)  sword

Etymology
From, representing a hybrid of and. Alternatively, from an original (from ) with influence from. Both terms are ultimately from. Alternatively, the d in that had come to be pronounced as  in Old French may have been fronted to  (perhaps influenced by the Gaulish word). Gender was variable in the oldest texts.

Noun

 * 1) lance
 * 2) sword
 * 3) massacre
 * 1) massacre