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glaive
[ gleyv ]
noun
, Archaic.
- a sword or broadsword.
glaive
/ ɡleɪv /
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Derived Forms
- glaived, adjective
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Other Words From
- glaived adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of glaive1
First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English, from Old French glaive, glai, from Latin gladius “sword”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of glaive1
C13: from Old French: javelin, from Latin gladius sword
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Example Sentences
In French writings the word glaive is sometimes loosely used for lance or sword.
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Strike at the noble and the priest shrieks, strike at priest and the noble lays his hand upon glaive.
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And when he had come there he perceived a great glaive upon a pole two ells long.
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Il mit les trois lys dans ses armes et fit passer sur le royaume lclair de son glaive.
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Once he threw her on the ground, but the second time she threw him, and drew her glaive to pierce his breast.
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