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espee

espee

See also: espée

Middle French

Alternative forms

  • espée (16th and 17th centuries)

Noun

espee f (plural espees)

  1. sword

Descendants

References

  • espee on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French)

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier spede, from Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē).

Noun

espee f (oblique plural espees, nominative singular espee, nominative plural espees)

  1. sword
    • circa 1150, Author unknown, La Chanson de Roland:
      Cler en riant l’ad dit a Guenelun :
      « Tenez m’espee, meillur n’en at nuls hom[. »]
      Clearly laughing, he [the king] said to Guenelun
      "Take hold of my sword, no man has better".

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