Excalibur


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Ex·cal·i·bur

 (ĕk-skăl′ə-bər)
n.
In Arthurian legend, the sword belonging to King Arthur.
[Middle English, alteration (perhaps influenced by Latin chalybs, steel) of Medieval Latin Caliburnus, from Middle Welsh Caletuwlch or Middle Irish Caladbolg, a legendary sword.]
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Excalibur

(ɛkˈskælɪbə)
n
(European Myth & Legend) (in Arthurian legend) the magic sword of King Arthur
[C14: from Old French Escalibor, from Medieval Latin Caliburnus, from Welsh Caledvwlch, perhaps related to Irish Caladbolg a legendary sword (literally: hard belly, hence, voracious)]
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Ex•cal•i•bur

(ɛkˈskæl ə bər)

n.
(in Arthurian legend) King Arthur's magic sword.
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Then the King bids Sir Bedivere take his sword Excalibur,
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To Arthur himself certain divine attributes were added, such as his possession of magic weapons, among them the sword Excalibur. It also came to be passionately believed among the Welsh that he was not really dead but would some day return from the mysterious Other World to which he had withdrawn and reconquer the island for his people.
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