Find your perfect word!

 

Definition glaive

Etymology

From Middle English glaive (“weapon with a long shaft ending in a point or blade; lance, spear; lance used as a winning post in a race, sometimes also given to the winner as a prize”), from Old French glaive (“sword”). The further etymology is uncertain; one possibility is that the Old French word is from Latin gladius (“sword”), while another is that it derives from Proto-Celtic *kladiwos (“sword”), with both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kelh?- (“to beat; to break”). The Oxford English Dictionary notes that neither of these words had the oldest meaning of Old French glaive (“lance”). The English word is cognate with Middle Dutch glavie, glaye (“lance”); Middle High German glavîe, glævîn (“lance”), Swedish glaven (“lance”).

Noun

glaive (plural glaives)

  1. (obsolete, historical) A light lance with a long, sharp-pointed head.
  2. (historical) A weapon consisting of a pole with a large blade fixed on the end, the edge of which is on the outside curve.
  3. (archaic, now loosely or poetic) A sword, particularly a broadsword.

Results 295 Words with the letters GLAIVE

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
14 letter words with the letters GLAIVE 
13 letter words with the letters GLAIVE 
12 letter words with the letters GLAIVE 
11 letter words with the letters GLAIVE 
10 letter words with the letters GLAIVE 
9 letter words with the letters GLAIVE 
8 letter words with the letters GLAIVE 
7 letter words with the letters GLAIVE 
6 letter words with the letters GLAIVE 
GLAIVE 13
VAGILE 13
5 letter words with the letters GLAIVE 
ALIVE 10
GAVEL 12
4 letter words with the letters GLAIVE 
EGAL 7
EVIL 9
GALE 7
GAVE 10
GIVE 10
GLIA 7
ILEA 5
LAVE 9
LEVA 9
LIVE 9
VAGI 10
VAIL 9
VALE 9
VEAL 9
VEIL 9
VELA 9
VIAL 9
VIGA 10
VILE 9
3 letter words with the letters GLAIVE 
AGE 5
AIL 4
ALE 4
AVE 7
GAE 5
GAL 6
GEL 6
GIE 5
LAG 6
LAV 8
LEA 4
LEG 6
LEI 4
LEV 8
LIE 4
VEG 9
VIA 7
VIE 7
VIG 9
2 letter words with the letters GLAIVE 
AE 2
AG 4
AI 2
AL 3
EL 3
GI 4
LA 3
LI 3

You can also try words with the phrase GLAIVE, words starting with the letters GLAIVE, or words ending in the letters GLAIVE.