Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CURTANA
CURTANA Cur *ta "na (kr-t "n ), n.
Defn: The pointless sword carried before English monarchs at their coronation, and emblematically considered as the sword of mercy; -- also called the sword of Edward the Confessor.
New American Oxford Dictionary
curtana
cur ta na |kərˈtänə, -ˈtānə kərˈtɑnə | ▶noun Brit. the unpointed sword carried in front of English sovereigns at their coronation to represent mercy. ORIGIN Middle English: from Anglo-Latin curtana (spatha )‘shortened (sword ),’ from Old French cortain, the name of the sword belonging to Roland (the point of which was damaged when it was thrust into a block of steel ), from cort ‘short, ’ from Latin curtus ‘cut short. ’
Oxford Dictionary
curtana
curtana |kəːˈtɑːnə, -ˈteɪnə | ▶noun Brit. the unpointed sword carried in front of English sovereigns at their coronation to represent mercy. ORIGIN Middle English: from Anglo-Latin curtana (spatha ) ‘shortened (sword )’, from Old French cortain, the name of the sword belonging to Roland (the point of which was damaged when it was thrust into a block of steel ), from cort ‘short ’, from Latin curtus ‘cut short ’.
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