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Synonyms for glaive
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : gleyv |
Phonetic Transcription : gleɪv |
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Définition of glaive
Origin :- late 13c., used in Middle English of various weapons, from Old French glaive "lance, spear, sword," also figuratively used for "violent death" (12c.), from Latin gladius "sword" (see gladiator); influenced by clava "knotty branch, cudgel, club," related to clavus "nail."
- As in sword : noun weapon
- Then Perceval went with the witches to their Castle of Glaive.
- Extract from : « King Arthur's Knights » by Henry Gilbert
- One after one to the glaive,—another and another and another!
- Extract from : « Zanoni » by Edward Bulwer Lytton
- It wasn't every one who could rhyme "brave" and "glaive," and make sense out of it.
- Extract from : « The Octopus » by Frank Norris
- Red was his weed and his glaive was white, And there stood Gregory the Wright.
- Extract from : « Poems by the Way » by William Morris
- They stood by the door with glaive and spear; ‘Hildebrand rise and hasten here!’
- Extract from : « Poems by the Way » by William Morris
- The glaive of Justice should descend where erstwhile it had corruptly been stayed.
- Extract from : « The Boss of Little Arcady » by Harry Leon Wilson
- With these words she plucked out the sword, and tendered him the glaive that she had guarded for so long a season.
- Extract from : « French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France » by Marie de France
- He sprang forward nimbly, as best he might, so that the glaive smote the air.
- Extract from : « French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France » by Marie de France
- The eloquent champion of faith wields the glaive as stoutly for fables as for eternal verities.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 65, No. 403, May, 1849 » by Various
- Suddenly the Goshawk's glaive flashed in air, and chopped sheer down on Werner's head.
- Extract from : « The Short Works of George Meredith » by George Meredith
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