espee

See also: espée

Middle French

Alternative forms

espée (16th and 17th centuries)

Etymology

From Old French espee.

Noun

espee f (plural espees)

sword

Descendants

French: épée
- → English: epee

References

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

Old French

Alternative forms

spede (9th century)
espethe (early Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin spatha, which was borrowed from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē).

Pronunciation

(archaic) IPA^(key): /(e)sˈpeːðə/
(classical) IPA^(key): /esˈpeːə/
(late) IPA^(key): /eːˈpeə/

Noun

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

sword
- c. 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".

Derived terms

espeer

Descendants

Middle French: espee
- French: épée
  - → English: epee

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (espee, supplement)

espee on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

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