Excalibur

Excálibur English Etymology From en enm Excalaber, from en fro Escalibor, fro Escaliborc, prothetic form of fro Calliborc, alteration of fro Calibourne, from en la-med Caliburnus (Geoffrey of Monmouth, ca. 1136), influenced by la calibs steel (for la chalybs), alteration of en owl Caledbulch (compare modern cy Caledfwlch), compound of cy caled hard and cy bwlch cleft, crack. Related to the ga - legendary sword ga Caladbolg, literally ‘hard-belly’, i.e. ‘voracious’. Pronunciation en /ɛksˈkæ.lɪ.bɚ/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Excalibur.wav Southern England Proper noun s en Arthurian legend The legendary sword of King Arthur, having magical properties. en Stephen D. Isaacs Jews and American Politics Garden City, N.Y. Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1974 53 https://archive.org/details/jewsamericanpoli00step/page/53/mode/1up 0-385-08494-3 Until recently, suppression of ethnicity has perhaps been the leading characteristic of the trend of thought of these Jewish intellectuals. Some, like Noam Chomsky and I. F. Stone, have been considered by some Jews to be so suppressed—or at least so overcompensating for their being Jewish—as to be regarded as anti-Semitic on some issues. Such men flaunt their universalism like Excaliburs of truth and objectivity. en w:Imogen Stubbs The Undiscovered Road: Northumberland w:Dea Birkett; w:Sara Wheeler Amazonian: The Penguin Book of Women’s New Travel Writing w:Penguin Books 1998 228 https://archive.org/details/amazonianpenguin0000unse/page/228/mode/1up 0-14-026802-2 And we would see fish swimming among the tall bulrushes that rose like Excaliburs out of the lake. en w:James May The Reassembler w:Hodder & Stoughton 2017 19 https://archive.org/details/reassembler0000mayj/page/19/mode/1up 978-1-473-65691-8 You and I, we are not alone, and our screwdrivers are our flashing Excaliburs as we sally forth to make small parts of the fragmented world whole again. Usage notes In the Arthurian legends, young Arthur is able to draw the Sword in the Stone, which proves that it is his destiny to become king. When he is a king, the Lady of the Lake presents him a sword. In some early versions of the legend Excalibur is the Sword in the Stone; in other versions it is the sword presented by the Lady of the Lake. In more recent retellings, these two swords have been identified with each other. Translations Legendary sword Arabic: ar إِكْسْكَالِيبُر Breton: br Kaledvoulc'h Catalan: ca Excàlibur Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 王者之劍 Wángzhězhījiàn Cornish: kw Calesvol Czech: cs Excalibur m Esperanto: eo Ekskaliburo French: fr Excalibur f Greek: el Εξκάλιμπερ n Hebrew: he אקסקליבר Aqsqalybur Italian: it Excalibur f Japanese: ja エクスカリバー Ekusukaribā Korean: ko ^엑스칼리버 Latin: la Caliburnus m Macedonian: mk Екска́либур m Marathi: mr एक्सकॅलिबर f Middle English: enm Excalaber Polish: pl Ekskalibur m, pl Excalibur m Portuguese: pt Excalibur f Russian: ru Экска́либур m Spanish: es Excálibur Thai: th ดาบเอ็กซ์คาลิเบอร์ dàap èkkaalíber, th เอกซ์แคลิเบอร์ èkkaalíber Welsh: cy Caledfwlch en Swords Polish pl: Etymology pl :ubor en:Excalibur + 1 Pronunciation Ekskalibur Ex.ca.li.bur Proper noun m-in pl Ekskalibur Declension s Further reading pl Arthurian mythology Swords Portuguese Etymology pt :ubor en:Excalibur + 1 Pronunciation iscaliburh,iscáliburh Proper noun f pt Arthurian mythology en Excalibur King Arthur’s sword pt Swords