a. Bearing a sword; that is a sword-bearer.
a. 1000. Cædmon’s Gen., 1060 (Gr.). Þe æðlingas sweordberende settan heton.
1601. Weever, Mirr. Mart. (Roxb.), 217. The king … As Gods sword-bearing minister appointed.
1890. Cent. Dict., s.v. Docimastes, Sword-bearing Hummingbird (Docimastes ensiferus).
