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glaive

[ gleyv ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Archaic.

glaive

/ ɡleɪv /

Origin of glaive¹

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English, from Old French glaive, glai, from Latin gladius “sword”

Origin of glaive¹

C13: from Old French: javelin, from Latin gladius sword

In French writings the word glaive is sometimes loosely used for lance or sword.

Strike at the noble and the priest shrieks, strike at priest and the noble lays his hand upon glaive.

And when he had come there he perceived a great glaive upon a pole two ells long.

Il mit les trois lys dans ses armes et fit passer sur le royaume lclair de son glaive.

Once he threw her on the ground, but the second time she threw him, and drew her glaive to pierce his breast.

April 20, 2024flabbergast

[flab-er-gast ]

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