English
swording
From sword + -ing.
Formed from sword + -ing
Proto-Germanic *swerdą ‘sword’
Proto-West Germanic *swerd ‘sword’
Old English sweord ‘sword’
West Midland Middle English sword
English sword
Today it means
noun Slashing or fighting with a sword.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “swording”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / swording