sword
要点刀
意味
- 刀,剣
- 《the ~》武力,兵力
例文
Eventually, he returned the sword to its sheath.
やがて彼は白刃を鞘に収めた。
Do not resort to the sword but appeal to reason.
武力に頼るものではなく、理性に訴えなさい。
He who wounds by the sword, dies by the sword.
剣で人を傷つける者は、剣で死ぬのだ。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
Inherited from West Midland Middle English sword (swerd in most dialects), from Old English sweord (“sword”), from Proto-West Germanic *swerd (“sword”), from Proto-Germanic *swerdą (“sword”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂w- (“sharp”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian Swērt, Swiirt, swörd (“sword”), Saterland Frisian Swid, Swäid (“sword”), West Frisian swurd (“sword”), Dutch zwaard (“sword”), German Schwert (“sword”), Luxembourgish Schwäert (“sword”), Vilamovian świert (“sword”), Yiddish שווערד (shverd, “sword”), Danish sværd (“sword”), Faroese svørð (“sword”), Icelandic sverð (“sword”), Norn svird (“small longish object”), Norwegian Bokmål sverd (“sword”), Norwegian Nynorsk sver…