- arhwazna
- [akin to Eng arrow] : arrow
Gothic dictionary with etymologies.
arhwazna
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Arrow — Ar row, n. [OE. arewe, AS. arewe, earh; akin to Icel. [ o]r, [ o]rvar, Goth. arhwazna, and perh. L. arcus bow. Cf. {Arc}.] A missile weapon of offense, slender, pointed, and usually feathered and barbed, to be shot from a bow. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Broad arrow — Arrow Ar row, n. [OE. arewe, AS. arewe, earh; akin to Icel. [ o]r, [ o]rvar, Goth. arhwazna, and perh. L. arcus bow. Cf. {Arc}.] A missile weapon of offense, slender, pointed, and usually feathered and barbed, to be shot from a bow. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
arrow — I. noun Etymology: Middle English arwe, from Old English; akin to Gothic arhwazna arrow, Latin arcus bow, arch, arc Date: before 12th century 1. a missile shot from a bow and usually having a slender shaft, a pointed head, and feathers at the… … New Collegiate Dictionary
arrow — arrowless, adj. arrowlike, adj. /ar oh/, n. 1. a slender, straight, generally pointed missile or weapon made to be shot from a bow and equipped with feathers at the end of the shaft near the nock, for controlling flight. 2. anything resembling an … Universalium
arrow — [OE] Appropriately enough, the word arrow comes from the same ultimate Indo European source that produced the Latin word for ‘bow’ – *arkw . The Latin descendant of this was arcus (whence English arc and arch), but in Germanic it became *arkhw .… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
arrow — ar•row [[t]ˈær oʊ[/t]] n. 1) spo a slender feathered and pointed shaft shot from a bow as a weapon or for sport 2) anything resembling an arrow in form, function, or character 3) a linear figure having a wedge shaped end, as one used on maps or… … From formal English to slang
arrow — [OE] Appropriately enough, the word arrow comes from the same ultimate Indo European source that produced the Latin word for ‘bow’ – *arkw . The Latin descendant of this was arcus (whence English arc and arch), but in Germanic it became *arkhw .… … Word origins
