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weapon oaths

weapon oaths is the plural of weapon oath.

Meaning of weapon oath

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

Questions about weapon oaths

What is weapon oaths the plural of?
Weapon oaths is the plural of weapon oath.

Words near weapon oaths in the dictionary

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

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