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–noun
Archaic
.
a sword or broadsword.
Origin:
1250–1300;
ME < OF
glaive, glai
< L
gladius
sword
Related forms:
glaived,
adjective
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glaive
(glāv)
n.
Archaic
A sword, especially a broadsword.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin
gladius
; see
gladiator
.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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[gleyv] 
(glāv)