sword: [OE] Sword comes from a prehistoric Germanic *swertham, which also produced German schwert, Dutch zwaard, Swedish sv?rd, and Danish sv?rd. It is not known what its ultimate source was, although it has been speculated that it may have links with Old High German swerdo ‘pain’ – in which case its etymological meaning would be the ‘stinger, causer of pain’.
sword (n.)
Old English sweord, swyrd (West Saxon), sword (Northumbrian) "sword," from Proto-Germanic *swerdam (cognates: Old Saxon, Old Frisian swerd, Old Norse svere, Swedish sv?rd, Middle Dutch swaert, Dutch zwaard, Old High German swert, German Schwert "a sword"), related to Old High German sweran "to hurt," from *swertha-, literally "the cutting weapon," from PIE root *swer- (3) "to cut, pierce."
Contrast with plowshare is from the Old Testament (Isaiah ii:4, Micah iv:3). Phrase put (originally do) to the sword "kill, slaughter" is recorded from mid-14c. An older Germanic word for it is in Old Saxon heoru, Gothic hairus "a sword."
例文
1. He pretended to scalp me with his sword .
彼は私の頭皮を剣ではがすふりをした。
2.I parried，and that 's when my sword broke.
私は遮って、私の剣を遮った。
3.Fame can be a two-edged sword .
名声は両刃の剣である。
4.The sword and mace were favourite weapons for hand-to-hand fighting.
剣と狼牙棒は肉弾戦の最適な武器だ。
5.The defeated general showed his submission by giving up his sword .