helmbarte
Appearance
(Redirected from halmbarte)
Middle High German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From halm (“handle”) + barte (“hatchet”), from *helmô (“handle”) and *bardaz (“broadax”), literally "beard."
Noun
[edit]helmbarte f
- A broad-axe with a handle
Declension
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Italian: alabarda, labarda (archaic)
- → Old French: alabarde
- Middle French: hallebarde
- French: hallebarde
- → English: halberd
- Middle French: hallebarde
- → Old French: alabarde
- → Middle Dutch: helmbaerde, hellebaert, hellebarde
- Dutch: hellebaard
References
[edit]- "helmbarte" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)