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- North Germanic · calque of
- English todaysword letter
Calque of North Germanic, compare: Danish sværdbrev, Swedish svärdbrev, Norwegian Nynorsk sverdbrev; compound of sword + letter.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
sword letter
Today it means: in Nordic folklore: an amulet, a type of "galder letter" (worn written spell), which protects against damage in war, especially sword wounds Full definition →
North Germanic