Definitions For Glaive

Noun

GLAIVE (plural GLAIVEs) (obsolete, historical) A light#adjective, light lance with a long, sharp#adjective, sharp-pointed#adjective, pointed head#noun, head. (historical) A weapon consisting of a pole with a large blade fix#verb, fixed on the end, the edge#noun, edge of which is on the outside curve#noun, curve. (archaic, now, loosely, or, poetic) A sword, particularly a broadsword.

Derived terms

glaived, pos=adjective

Related terms

gladius

Translations

German: Lanze, f, Pike, f, Speer, m French: glaive, m; épée tranchante {{g, f}} German: Glefe, f (alternative spellings: Gläfe, f, Gleve, f), Fauchard, f Japanese: 薙刀, tr=なぎなた, naginata, sc=Jpan Persian: کتاره, tr=kattâre, sc=fa-Arab, بلارک, tr=balārak, sc=fa-Arab Spanish: guja, f {{checktrans-top}} Lithuanian: {{t-check, lt, gleivas, m}}

Etymology

{{PIE root, en, kelh₂}} From Middle English glaive, , weapon with a long shaft ending in a point or blade; lance, spear; lance used as a winning post in a race, sometimes also given to the winner as a prize,{{R:MED Online, pos=n, id=MED18698, accessdate=18 April 2019}} from Old French glaive, , sword. The further etymology is {{unknown, en, uncertain}}; one possibility is that the Old French word is from {{der, en, la, gladius, , sword}}, while another is that it derives from {{der, en, cel-pro, kladiwos, , sword}}, with both ultimately from {{der, en, ine-pro, *kelh₂-, , to beat; to break}}. The {{w, Oxford English Dictionary}} notes that neither of these words had the oldest meaning of Old French glaive (“lance”). The English word is cognate with {{cog, dum, glavie}}, glaye, , lance; {{cog, gmh, glavîe}}, glævîn, , lance, {{cog, sv, glaven, , lance}}.{{R:OED Online, pos=n, id=78682, date=1899, nodot=yes}}; {{R:Lexico}}