Etymology

swordplay

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Today it means: fighting with a sword Full definition →

Old English sweordplega
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  1. Old English · inherited fromsweordplega
  2. English todayswordplay

Inherited from Old English sweordplega. By surface analysis, sword + play.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.