sweard
Old English
Alternative forms
- sƿeard
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *swarduz; akin to Old Norse svǫrðr.
Noun
sweard m
- skin, rind [1]
Descendants
- Middle English: sward
- Scots: swaird
- English: sward
References
- A glossary: or, Collection of words, phrases, names, and allusions ..., Volume 2 by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (London, 1888), p. 855