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a problem-solving tool from an era when most problems were other people
means A long-bladed weapon with a hilt, designed for cutting or thrusting, the classic sidearm of warriors before firearms took over.
from From Old English 'sweord,' descending from a Proto-Germanic root (cousins survive in German 'Schwert' and Dutch 'zwaard'). Older connections beyond Germanic are murky, though some link it to a root meaning 'to cut' or 'to wound' — fitting for a thing whose whole job was harm. The silent 'w' is a fossil: English speakers once actually pronounced it, swirling the word as 's-word' before centuries of lazy mouths smoothed it into 'sord.'
folding steelKatana steel folded up to a thousand layers
status symbolKnights' swords cost a year's wages
sharper soundReal blades whistle, not the movie ring
buried with kingsSutton Hoo sword survived 1,300 years underground
left-side drawWorn left so the right hand draws clean