two-hand sword en · NOUN
Etymology
From Middle English thwahandswerd, to hond swerd, twa hand swerde, twohande sworde.
Meanings
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A sword with a handle or grip that is intended to be grasped with both hands.
Come with thy two-hand sword.
1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:1822, James Hogg, The Three Perils of Man, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, Volume I, Chapter 6, p. 111, […] Charlie, growing wroth, squeezed the Lady Jane so strait with the left arm, that she was forced to cry out; and putting his right over his shoulder, he drew out his tremendous two-hand sword […]
Faria on the other side […] with a zealous feruour reached Coia Acem, such a blow with a two hand Sword on his Head-piece of Maile, that he sunke to the ground […]
1625, Samuel Purchas, Purchas His Pilgrimes, London: Henrie Fetherstone, Volume 3, Chapter 2, Section 1, p. 257:He stepped forward as he spoke, and his esquire gave him the two-hand Sword of State, heavy enough to behead a bisonoid.
1963, H. Beam Piper, chapter 4, in Space Viking, New York: Ace Books, page 18:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| two-hand swords | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| two-handed sword | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (6)
de Zweihänder (sword) · enm two hand sword (sword) · fi kahden käden miekka (sword) · ja ツーハンデッドソード (sword) · pl miecz dwuręczny (sword) · de Zweihandschwert (sword)