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Synonyms for glaive

Grammar : Noun
Spell : gleyv
Phonetic Transcription : gleɪv

Top 10 synonyms for glaive
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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
Example sentences :
  • 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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