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sword
Source:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/heoru#Old_English
Attested in
Exeter Book Riddle 5
("heorosċearp")
originates from
PWGmc
*heru
"sword" (
oe-back-umlaut
) through pwgmc-to-oe
PGmc
*heru-
"sword" (
oe-back-umlaut
) through pgmc-to-oe
(source:
Kroonen 2013
:222)
Component of compounds
heorosċearp
"sword-sharp"
Paradigms