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glav.

A spear, lance, glaive.

4 characters1 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. A spear, lance, glaive.

    archaic · common-gender · historical

  2. A sword.

    archaic · common-gender · poetic

  3. A banner.

    common-gender · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish glaven (glaffwin, glawan) n, m, glavene n, variant of glävia, glafwia, glafwa f, from Middle Low German glave, gleve, glevie, obl. & pl. glaven, from Old French glaive (“lance,”) from Latin gladius (“sword”); possibly of Celtic origin. Compare Danish glavind, Icelandic glefja, English glaive.

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