Editing Glaive (section)

==Other uses of the word==
The word "glaive" has historically been given to several very different types of weapons; it originated from French. Almost all etymologists derive it from either the Latin ({{lang|la|gladius}}) or Celtic ({{lang|cel|*cladivos}}, compare ''[[claymore]]'') word for sword. Nevertheless, all the earliest attestations in both French and English refer to [[spear]]s.<ref>[[Oxford English Dictionary|OED]] s.v. '''Glaive''':  "Hatz.-Darm. regard [[Old French|OF.]] {{lang|fro|glaive}} as an adapted form of [[Latin|L.]] {{lang|la|gladius}} (through the stages {{lang|und-Latn|gladie}}, {{lang|und-Latn|glaie}}, {{lang|und-Latn|glavie}}). Ascoli supposes it to represent a Celtic {{lang|cel|*cladivo-}} ([[Old Irish|OIr.]] {{lang|sga|claideb}} sword, [[Irish language|Gael.]] {{lang|ga|claidheamh}}). Neither view, however, accounts for the earliest meaning of the word in OF., which is also that of [[Middle High German|MHG.]] {{lang|gmh|glavîe}}, {{lang|gmh|glævîn}}, [[Middle Dutch|MDu.]] {{lang|dum|glavie}}, {{lang|dum|glaye}}, [[Swedish language|Sw.]] {{lang|sv|glaven}}."</ref> It is attested in this meaning in English roughly from the 14th to 16th centuries.<ref>[[Oxford English Dictionary|OED]] s.v., section 1, lists examples in this meaning from 1297–1592.</ref> 

Around the same time, it also began being used as a poetic word for sword.<ref>[[Oxford English Dictionary|OED]] s.v., section 3, lists examples in this meaning from {{circa|1470–1887}}.</ref> In Modern French, {{lang|fr|glaive}} refers to short swords, especially the Roman {{ill|gladius|fr|glaive|display=yes}}.

The term "glaive" is used in the science-fiction/fantasy film ''[[Krull (film)|Krull]]'' to refer to a thrown weapon, similar to the ''[[shuriken]], [[chakram]]'', or ''[[mambele]]'', which can return to the thrower, much like a [[boomerang]]. Glaive has been used to describe this fictional type of weapon in films, video games, such as ''[[Warframe]]'', ''[[Dark Sector]]'' and [[Bloons TD 6]], and other fantasy media since.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Why is a large shuriken sometimes called a 'glaive'? |url=https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/406804/why-is-a-large-shuriken-sometimes-called-a-glaive|website=English StackExchange }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Warcraft III - Night Elves -> Units - Glaive Thrower |url=http://classic.battle.net/war3/nightelf/units/glaivethrower.shtml}}</ref>
''[[The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance]]'' had its own Gelfling holy relic the "Dual-Glaive" which was itself a double-bladed weapon also more akin to a sword.