Meaning

2 senses
  1. Any type of sword that is comparatively long; depending on context, applied to swords of the Bronze Age, Migration period, Viking Age and Renaissance era.

    Langschwert

    полутора́ручный мечpolutoráručnyj meč, баста́рдbastárd, дли́нный мечdlínnyj meč

  2. A European sword with a long, straight double-edged blade, a cruciform hilt, and a grip for two-handed use; prevalent from the 14th to 16th centuries.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. A longsword sheathed in an intricately engraved scabbard.

  2. The longsword was sheathed in an intricately engraved scabbard.

    deDas Langschwert steckte in einer exquisit gravierten Scheide. — xtofu80

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
a kind of sword:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a kind of sword:

Origin

From long + sword.

From long + sword.

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Forms

plural: longswords

Synonyms

1 synonyms
bastard sword, broadsword (colloquial), greatsword:14th–16th century sword

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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