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weapon oath

weapon oath noun: a solemn oath sworn upon a weapon, such as practised in ancient Norse tradition.

Noun

weapon oath (plural weapon oaths)

  1. A solemn oath sworn upon a weapon, such as practised in ancient Norse tradition.
    • "The wall is growing apace," he said. "And we swore an unbreakable oath, a ring-oath and a weapon-oath, that if he finishes building his wall in time, we will give him the sun and the moon[.]".2017, Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 59

Forms of weapon oath

pluralweapon oaths

Questions about weapon oath

What does weapon oath mean?
Weapon oath means a solemn oath sworn upon a weapon, such as practised in ancient Norse tradition.
What part of speech is weapon oath?
Weapon oath is a noun.
What is the plural of weapon oath?
The plural of weapon oath is weapon oaths.

Words near weapon oath in the dictionary

  1. weap
  2. weap.
  3. Weapemeoc
  4. Weapemeocs
  5. weapon
  6. weapon oath
  7. weapon oaths
  8. weapon of mass destruction
  9. weapon of mass disruption
  10. weapon-salve
  11. weapon-salves

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