Feminine

elsa

Meaning

  1. (feminine) hilt (of a sword)
  2. (feminine) crossguard

Frequency

C1
Hyphenated as
él‧sa
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈel.sa/
Etymology

Borrowed from Lombardic *hilza, from Proto-Germanic *heltō, *heltą, from Proto-Indo-European *kel-. Cognate with English hilt, Icelandic hjilt.

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